absorber
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Guardrails and a shock absorber can be added to the actuarial method to limit spending swings, especially for discretionary funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
So the shock absorber works best for retirees with some cushion above their essential spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Every investor alive has been trained by four decades of falling rates to believe recession means rate cuts, which means that bonds rally, which means a typical 60/40 stock-bond portfolio has a shock absorber.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
First, China has turned itself into the world’s oil shock absorber.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
Hermes was now pulling Beck and Watney along, with Vogel's use of the tether acting as a shock absorber.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Vocabulary lists containing absorber
Nuclear Processes
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Physics - High School
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