absorber
Example Sentences
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Savers accept lower returns to own risk-free Treasury debt because it usually acts as a shock absorber.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
First, China has turned itself into the world’s oil shock absorber.
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
Financial markets act like a shock absorber for investment.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025
Agroforestry and rewilding could transform the agricultural sector from a major generator to a net absorber of carbon emissions.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2024
Either in spite, or because, of his silence, I talked incessantly, with my legs crossed, ankle on knee, and constantly using my sock as an absorber for the perspiration on my palm.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing absorber
Nuclear Processes
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Physics - High School
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