permeable
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- a allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
permeable membranes
rock that is permeable by water
- With so much fish from the region in circulation, with import regulations so easy to skirt, and with the federal government's inspection system so permeable, consumers must be .
- Cultures are both less permeable and more resilient than their defenders usually think.
- There, Zubaydah acted as a kind of semi-permeable membrane, passing on to al-Qaeda volunteers he deemed acceptable.