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Recent Examples of saturation
The Wazir Khan Mosque, through its tiled decoration, has taught me invaluable lessons in hue saturation, while the frescoes at the Mariam Zamani Mosque have been my mentors in understanding color balance.
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Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The Index tracks a bunch of metrics, including sleep duration, sleep stages (light, deep, and REM sleep), heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, breathing variations, and skin temperature changes.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 19 June 2025
Its balanced weight and intense color saturation give it a sophisticated and durable character.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 June 2025
Color Grading — The second step of the color process, in which a colorist manually alters parts of each image to increase or reduce saturation, shadows, or other elements in order to achieve the director’s stylistic vision.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
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Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The Index tracks a bunch of metrics, including sleep duration, sleep stages (light, deep, and REM sleep), heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, breathing variations, and skin temperature changes.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 19 June 2025
Its balanced weight and intense color saturation give it a sophisticated and durable character.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 June 2025
Color Grading — The second step of the color process, in which a colorist manually alters parts of each image to increase or reduce saturation, shadows, or other elements in order to achieve the director’s stylistic vision.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saturation
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In contrast, the Cincinnati area is aging more quickly and struggling to draw in younger workers — a trend that, according to the chamber's report, could hinder the region’s ability to compete with other metros in business growth, infrastructure development, and innovation.—
Randy Tucker,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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In contrast, Frost inherited a winless UCF program in 2015 and quickly led them to an undefeated season in 2017.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 July 2025
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This is equivalent to a quadrupling of sky brightness over the duration of a human childhood (18 years).—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The team also compared the surface brightness of TOI 1227 with models of stellar evolution.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 July 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 heat dome created by high pressure has been influencing the weather over the eastern third of the country, causing heat index values of 105 to 110 in cities across the Deep South like Little Rock, Memphis and New Orleans.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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Bathroom renovations can improve mood, functionality, and home value.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
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Has more of that Innocent Man lightness and exuberance than most of the stuff on his later records, and benefits from it.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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Gaura: With its wispy, butterfly-like blossoms, gaura adds lightness and motion to garden beds.—
Lauren Dunec Hoang,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 July 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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