as in penetrable
capable of being passed into or through
a permeable fabric that allows your body heat to escape will be much more comfortable in the summertime
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Recent Examples of permeable
The district’s multiyear plan calls for the replacement of existing lot at 811 S. West St. with a permeable paver lot.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Water Wise installed permeable paving stones in the parking lot to speed up drainage and planted a rain garden to catch runoff from the roof.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
At the Carnegie, gauzy floor-to-ceiling curtains demarcate the show, evoking the permeable thresholds in Abercrombie’s work.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
That timing isn’t just a matter of convenience—in fact, studies show that the skin barrier is more permeable in the evening hours, which may allow these ingredients to more easily absorb into skin.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Water Wise installed permeable paving stones in the parking lot to speed up drainage and planted a rain garden to catch runoff from the roof.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
At the Carnegie, gauzy floor-to-ceiling curtains demarcate the show, evoking the permeable thresholds in Abercrombie’s work.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
That timing isn’t just a matter of convenience—in fact, studies show that the skin barrier is more permeable in the evening hours, which may allow these ingredients to more easily absorb into skin.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permeable
Adjective
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Mescal’s performance is carefully pitched in its quiet devastation, but Lionel, hidden behind his thick glasses and polite manner, is never quite penetrable.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
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Strong actors also can’t prop up a script built out of barely penetrable mumbo jumbo.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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Mouth taping typically involves placing a piece of skin-safe surgical or porous tape across your lips to encourage nasal breathing and prevent mouth breathing.—
Alisa Hrustic,
Health,
26 May 2025
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Just past the three-day fest’s headliners (the newly roots-y Post Malone, country stalwarts Brooks & Dunn and Wallen himself) are an array of acts which suggest that, at a moment when country music’s bigger than it’s been in decades, its once strict boundaries are more porous than ever.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Billboard,
19 May 2025
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“Permeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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