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absorption

[ab-sawrp-shuhn, -zawrp-] / æbˈsɔrp ʃən, -ˈzɔrp- /




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But today’s 40% offers real income, alongside real shock absorption to shaky equity markets.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

"But this originates from a very fundamental level of physics, which is the interference between different optical absorption processes."

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

The signal contained carbon monoxide absorption lines arranged in a barcode-like sequence, a feature commonly expected in the atmospheres of giant planets.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

The trade-off for the shock absorption is that in a deep, sustained downturn, your portfolio will be exposed to more drawdown than a stricter rule would allow.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

The recorded history of China’s Zhou Dynasty, from 1100 to 221 B.C., describes the conquest and absorption of most of China’s non-Chinese-speaking population by Chinese-speaking states.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

Their quirky absorptions in, say, physics, baseball stats or investment strategies add enormously to human advancement.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2012

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




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