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absorbent

[ab-sawr-buhnt, -zawr-] / æbˈsɔr bənt, -ˈzɔr- /


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WSJ | Buy Side: This stone bath mat is absorbent and quick-drying.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

By 2028, Unicharm aims to recycle the plastic and absorbent polymer from soiled diapers to make new ones as well, Tsutomu Kido, senior executive officer of Unicharm's recycling business, told AFP.

From Barron's Mar. 25, 2026

Period pants are underwear with built-in absorbent layers.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2025

The cotton terry material is absorbent and warm.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2025

Perhaps I shall gift her with a pair of absorbent white athletic socks in the near future; this gesture may affect her and lead her to conversation.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole



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