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absorption

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




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Despite decades of research, vitamin B12 deficiency remains common, particularly among older adults, vegans, vegetarians and people with conditions that affect absorption.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 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

As on Wall Street, the media’s absorption with Greenspan during his years as Fed chair generated stories and legends.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

You can also add granola with oats and nuts that contribute healthy fats that slow glucose absorption.

From MarketWatch Jun. 21, 2026

Bailey came out of his absorption and went to wash his hands.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

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

Despite these absorptions Mrs. Gwynn managed to find leisure to read aloud to Judge Roscoe his favorite old novels, and essays, and dull antiquated histories.

From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles




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