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
But the burgeoning southern Tuscan seaside scene is more open and permeable.
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Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
The tech industry’s bubble, then, remains permeable.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 13 May 2025
The district’s multiyear plan calls for the replacement of existing lot at 811 S. West St. with a permeable paver lot.
—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
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Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
The tech industry’s bubble, then, remains permeable.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 13 May 2025
The district’s multiyear plan calls for the replacement of existing lot at 811 S. West St. with a permeable paver lot.
—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
See All Example Sentences for permeable
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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For example, soils marketed for cacti and succulents are highly porous, designed to drain water away quickly from the moisture-sensitive roots of desert plants.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2025
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In This Article How to Finish and Keep it Clean As porous material, grout acts like a sponge and soaks up everything: dirt, grease, mildew, soap scum, even hard water.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
14 May 2025
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“Permeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permeable. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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