penetrant

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Recent Examples of penetrant If there are larger, more penetrant rust stains, begin at step one with an overnight soak or consider using method 2. Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 15 July 2024 In some cases these risk alleles are very penetrant, in that a particular state predicts with high likelihood a disease phenotype. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2013 Through working with master jewelers to realize her penetrant vision, Lipton has created something that embodies much more than a fine jewelry collection. Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for penetrant
Adjective
  • One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.
    Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • Melvin Doyle, meanwhile, has an extensive criminal record dating back to his late teens.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
  • Miller, who had written only a brief outline at this point, wanted to visualize the film and effectively created an extensive graphic novel in the process.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • His lens bore witness to humanity's darkest injustices and most profound resilience.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
  • Buckley was heedless of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s profound concern over a military-industrial complex pushing the nation into gratuitous wars for ulterior motives, i.e., money and power.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2025

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“Penetrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penetrant. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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