absorption
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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
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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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Chemistry - Introductory
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Photosynthesis - Middle School
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Chemistry - High School
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