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absorption

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




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Pavord said iron tablets are best taken on an empty stomach, ideally first thing in the morning, and advised avoiding tea or coffee around the time they are taken because they can inhibit iron absorption.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

To understand how methane absorption changes over time, the researchers examined an extensive collection of soil gas measurements gathered through the FVA's long-running monitoring program.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

More job cuts and A.I. demands are expected, and the wholesale absorption of Hulu’s app into the Disney+ interface is still happening.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

When the team compared DAMM's predictions with actual measurements from the controlled diet study, the model produced estimates that were closer to the observed calorie absorption than those generated using the conventional Atwater approach.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

But the absolute absorption of his face, and his never-ending stream of questions, compelled me to continue.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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

Whence great heat from the excited capillaries of the skin, large and quick pulsations of the heart, full and hard arteries, with great universal secretions and absorptions.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin


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