absorption
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In a recent study, Caballero finds that instead of investors accepting lower yields because Treasurys are so desirable, they are demanding higher yields; the safety premium has become an absorption premium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
But today’s 40% offers real income, alongside real shock absorption to shaky equity markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Others develop autoimmune gastritis, in which the immune system damages stomach cells involved in producing acid and intrinsic factor, the protein needed for vitamin B12 absorption.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
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 tanks, pumps, heaters, air lines, C02 absorption system, even the insulation on the inner side of the hull.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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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
Their quirky absorptions in, say, physics, baseball stats or investment strategies add enormously to human advancement.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2012
There is a surprising similarity, you will notice, in the character of the solar and telluric absorptions, and one which we could hardly have anticipated a priori.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various
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Chemistry - Introductory
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Photosynthesis - Middle School
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Chemistry - High School
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