saturate
verb (used with object)
to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
saturates
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present tense formof saturate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The harder question is what happens when that market saturates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Within the first three episodes starring Gatwa, Davies makes room for two broad song and dance numbers, introduces a supervillain played by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” royalty Jinkx Monsoon, and saturates sets with color.
From Salon ● May 10, 2024
The dancers wear separates that pop in a sunny array of orange, pink, purple, red and yellow and glow under Nicole Pearce’s lighting design, which saturates the stage with color.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
The closure comes as an atmospheric river saturates the Seattle area, with heavy rain delivering moderate to heavy snowfall over the Cascades on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
“A one in a billion—no trillion—anomaly, born from the oddness that saturates your county.”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
