as in to drip
to flow forth slowly through small openings
water seeping through the basement walls
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Recent Examples of seep
And the way his wife talks to him seeps with contempt.
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Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Note this wasn’t a situation of a movie being shot in a movie theater, then seeped online, rather a security breach in a cut of the pic getting out to the public.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
At the same time, testing on animal cells can be particularly useful in determining whether microparticles found in creams, gels, and other common products might seep into human skin and potentially pose health risks.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2025
The hybrid of his urban upbringing in conjunction with that musical diversity would come to inform the music Ryder would make, with the Motor City itself continually seeping in.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Note this wasn’t a situation of a movie being shot in a movie theater, then seeped online, rather a security breach in a cut of the pic getting out to the public.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
At the same time, testing on animal cells can be particularly useful in determining whether microparticles found in creams, gels, and other common products might seep into human skin and potentially pose health risks.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2025
The hybrid of his urban upbringing in conjunction with that musical diversity would come to inform the music Ryder would make, with the Motor City itself continually seeping in.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seep
Verb
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Those morning drip coffees and lattes are going to cost more.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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Before he could get started on it, however, the gable above the kitchen began dripping water onto a counter.—
Marcela Valdes,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The rich sat on deck while the poor were squeezed in the hold below, with no place to relieve themselves, so excrement, vomit, and other wastes flowed down into the lower areas.—
Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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The liquor flows so freely that the rest room nearly becomes a vomitorium.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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In recent years, a third limitation has been percolating through physics—in some ways the most dramatic yet.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series orders See All The Husbands, with Temple attached, has been percolating for awhile.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Scorpio: Meredith Palmer and Creed Bratton The creeper of The Office simply oozing with mystery, Creed Bratton, has many secrets and this is a quality of Scorpio, but is also weirdly honest about some of his strange behaviors, bordering on being inappropriate.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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Blood can still ooze from a wound, even when it’s not being pumped through the body.—
Samuel Ashworth,
The Atlantic,
20 Mar. 2025
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While they are expected to exude confidence and decisiveness, the reality behind closed doors is often more complex.—
Alex Brueckmann,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Nonetheless, this Orioles squad of Baby Birds exudes sky-high potential.—
Paul Bledsoe,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Symptoms of the condition can include shortness of breath, a sudden drop in blood pressure, an abnormal heart rate, and bleeding from the uterus, C-section, or IV sites.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
8 Apr. 2025
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His time at Ralph Lauren bleeds into the exquisite construction of the pieces Chavarria designs presently.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Victoria The triumphant expression on her face as Piper weeps at breakfast: just sensational.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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As the Huskies wept and danced and held each other on the court Sunday, Ducharme kept imagining how much Zittoun would have loved being part of the celebration.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Seep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seep. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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