seepage
Origin of seepage
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How to use seepage in a sentence
Where the natural replenishment timescale would be on the order of millennia, agricultural seepage has partially refilled some aquifers with newer—too often polluted—water.
What it’s like to drink water that’s 15,000 years old | Grunes et al./The Conversation | October 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceEnvironmental advocates say preventing such seepage is crucial for the United States to meet its climate goals.
Congressional Democrats aim to reinstate rules on methane gas emissions from oil and gas works | Dino Grandoni | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostBoots like classic Uggs or ones with a poorly constructed tongue not directly attached to the shoe’s sides are prone to leaks and water seepage.
Best snow boots: Trudge confidently through snowfall | PopSci Commerce Team | February 17, 2021 | Popular-ScienceA much larger gravel lot across the street also exhibits multiple sites of seepage, as if pixelating from below with black matter.
The seepage of Republican debranding has been from the right edge of the party.
Those "Independents" Watching Fox Are True Believers | Noah Kristula-Green | April 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The walls were covered with mildew from the recent rains and the floor damp with seepage water.
A Woman's Part in a Revolution | Natalie Harris HammondThey said that what little seepage there would be would not hurt anything; the dam answered by showing no seepage at all.
The Panama Canal | Frederic Jennings HaskinThis state of affairs occurs also on sloping uplands which are kept wet by spring water or by seepage water from higher lands.
The First Book of Farming | Charles L. GoodrichIn solitary the day was an ooze, a slimy seepage of light from the bright outer world.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover) | Jack LondonRivulets of seepage and surface water trickled in the most unexpected places as though from snow recently melted.
The Rules of the Game | Stewart Edward White
British Dictionary definitions for seepage
/ (ˈsiːpɪdʒ) /
the act or process of seeping
liquid or moisture that has seeped
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