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Recent Examples of saturation
Water the plant to saturation after installing, and then check again for void pockets.
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
The department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies across the state to conduct roadside safety checks, seat belt enforcement zones and saturation patrols.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Trans people hadn’t yet accumulated enough basic rights or cultural saturation to stoke different, grander anxieties for Cooper to opine on.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
Films that depend on word-of-mouth do not work well without media support or in opposition to saturation marketing tactics.
—Ted Hope, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
The department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies across the state to conduct roadside safety checks, seat belt enforcement zones and saturation patrols.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Trans people hadn’t yet accumulated enough basic rights or cultural saturation to stoke different, grander anxieties for Cooper to opine on.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
Films that depend on word-of-mouth do not work well without media support or in opposition to saturation marketing tactics.
—Ted Hope, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saturation
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Mantello has chosen to have different actors play the young Biff (Joaquin Consuelos) and the young Happy (Jake Termine), sharpening the contrast between their potential and their fates.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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In contrast, Ionic capitals, which are more restrained, currently grace the columns at the entrance of the White House.—
Kevin D. Murphy,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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Eclipses allow scientists to study the sun's wispy outer atmosphere, known as the corona, which is usually swamped by our star's immense brightness.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Still, 766 nits peak brightness is pretty good for a cheap TV.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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Knowing elements like hue, value, chroma, and whether a color is warm or cool can all guide you towards picking hues that feel good in your space.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Aug. 2025
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The hunter green of the 1980s is back—but with a little less chroma.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
10 Aug. 2025
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In Ohtani’s case, the deferrals brought the present-day value of his contract down to roughly $461 million.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Their actions are a gut punch to American values and human decency.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Amon and her actors find many moments of visual humor with dancing and audience interaction that bring a lot of life and lightness to the play.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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Are laughter and lightness merely opiates, or tools of the revolution, or both, or neither?—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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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 13 Apr. 2026.
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