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absorption

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




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Finally, HEPA-filter air purifiers that combine carbon absorption and ionizer technology combat everything from wildfire smoke to Covid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

My current home is also stocked with multistage, HEPA-filter air purifiers that combine carbon absorption and ionizer technology all around the house, which came in handy during Covid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

"This is important, as light absorption in a bulk liquid may be correlated with the concentration of light-absorbing material in the solution."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

I watch her with uncharacteristic absorption, because I know everyone will be waiting for my reaction to the interview.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

He was wondering at the unreality of ideas, at the fading radiance of existence, and at the little absorptions that were creeping avidly into his life, like rats into a ruined house.

From The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald




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