absorption
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They identified distinct absorption patterns that allowed them to measure its redshift, which reveals how far away the source is.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Citi says margins could realistically be negative given fixed-cost absorption, high raw-material headwinds and worse-than-consensus volumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
“They promote absorption within the bowel so they slow down movement within the bowel but they also may stimulate the bowel to grow.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
One possible class of substances capable of such strong absorption is highly absorbing conjugated organic molecules.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
They loved their jobs, and they saw their own absorption reflected back at them in Katherines questions and her interest that went so far beyond just running the numbers.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Organic growth was 10%, of which 4% was same clinic growth and 6% from clinic absorptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
A record of fascinations is at risk of careening into self-indulgence, but “Affinities” is also a record of absorptions, both Dillon’s and those of the artists he loves.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
These epithelia are active in the secretion and absorptions of molecules.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Richard Prince, Sherrie Levine and other “re-photographers” delighted and outraged viewers with their canny absorptions of other artists’ work.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2010
The world buzzed along after its own fashion, not disturbing him, and his absorptions permitted only a faint consciousness of the despair of his relatives regarding his mind.
From The Gentleman from Indiana by Booth Tarkington
Vocabulary lists containing absorption
Chemistry - Introductory
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Photosynthesis - Middle School
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Chemistry - High School
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