as in waterproof
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Adjective
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Before the divers rolled in, captain Joey Broyles let down a waterproof camera to assess conditions below.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025 -
Each light is made with waterproof stainless steel that can withstand rain, snow, and frost.—
Ali Faccenda,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Two of those four new stages can be connected using a soundproof mobile wall.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2025
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Blackout shades eliminated all traces of light, the temperature adjusted to an ideal 67 degrees, and soundproof walls ensured absolute quiet.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Natural corks, while not entirely airtight, typically allow only a minimal amount of oxygen to enter over time.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes,
12 Dec. 2024
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The neighbor’s sign, while biting, underscored an emerging reality in Arizona’s sizable Latter-day Saints community — that while church members are overwhelmingly Republican, there is some erosion in their traditionally airtight support for Republicans.—
Faith E. Pinho,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Subjected to an almost watertight international arms embargo, Iran was forced to rely mostly on self-sufficiency, religious zeal, and patriotism.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Des Cars wrote that parts of the museum are no longer watertight, posing a risk to the art’s safety.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Gradually, Twigs shows her hermetic side: the monkishness of the night-life circuit girl.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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This isn’t a hermetic kind of meditation, one in which outer havoc is kept at bay.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Lightproof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightproof. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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