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Recent Examples of saturation
Diagnosis There was one other possibility that seemed to tick all the boxes: fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, low oxygen saturation, pulmonary edema, and shock—a hantavirus infection.
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
On some level, the goal is simply to achieve saturation.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 May 2025
Michael Waddle, director of emergency management for Benton County, said high levels of ground saturation from rain paired with strong winds could result in more trees falling during Monday's storms as well.
—Miceala Morano, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025
These offer just enough saturation to take you from classic ivory territory to somewhere a bit more interesting.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 May 2025
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
On some level, the goal is simply to achieve saturation.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 May 2025
Michael Waddle, director of emergency management for Benton County, said high levels of ground saturation from rain paired with strong winds could result in more trees falling during Monday's storms as well.
—Miceala Morano, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025
These offer just enough saturation to take you from classic ivory territory to somewhere a bit more interesting.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saturation
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This is in contrast to people with Alzheimer’s disease, where it’s known that elevated p-tau217 contributes to the brain pathology seen in that condition.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 June 2025
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Oil, meanwhile, sold off during the recent conflict in a way that few expected, and in contrast to typical oil price increases during conflicts in the Middle East.—
Siena Griffin,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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The brightness and color reproduction are lackluster, almost as if Acer deliberately found the most middling budget screen possible.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2025
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To qualify as a bolide, an incoming meteor must reach the brightness of Venus, which, like the moon, is often visible in the daytime sky.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
27 June 2025
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The nuances are detailed in long blog posts filled with pictures of color wheels and terms such as chroma.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2024
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Saturation, or chroma, refers to the level of intensity or brilliance of a color.—
Kate Reggev,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2024
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The value of private manufacturing construction in the country remained near record levels but fell 0.6% month-over-month in April and 0.9% in March, according to the Census Bureau.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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Dosunmu would have to return a decent value, but could make sense as a piece in a package to move Vučević or to secure Kuminga.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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When the theme arrived in the cellos, Guerrero maintained their levity and grace throughout the movement — and, in fact, throughout much of the piece, bringing an aerodynamic lightness even to the symphony’s final cadence.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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After Appeals Court Pauses Ruling While the bolster gives support and balance to the knife, the lightness of the bolster-free Japanese knives offers ergonomic benefits.—
Akiko Katayama,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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In our testing, the Cintiq Pro 17 covered 100% of the sRGB space (which is very similar to Rec. 709) and 98.1% of DCI-P3 (see the chromaticity chart above).—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
26 Jan. 2024
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Validation experiments to mimic lighting, display and sensing applications demonstrated that chromaticity, a measure of colorfulness separate from brightness, could be controlled with much more precision than the human eye can detect.—
MEERI KIM | INSIDE SCIENCE,
ABC News,
11 July 2021
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“Saturation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saturation. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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