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absorption

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




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“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

Across the modeled wavelength range of 365-455 nm, the required decadic absorption coefficient reaches about 1,278 cm-1 at 375 nm.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

For molecules with absorption strengths similar to efficient porphyrinoid pigments, the required concentration would be roughly 10 grams per liter.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

And, he warns, it won’t just be 18 basis points each year — because absorption costs are convex, this depletion will accelerate if debt continues to outpace financial capacity.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Mai appears to understand the principle of absorption.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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 spoke loudly, his gestures were brusque, and his life was apparently made up of a series of intense, absolute absorptions.

From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett




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