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absorption

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




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Instead, they demonstrate that its effects on methane absorption can differ considerably depending on local temperatures, rainfall patterns, and soil conditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Although methane absorption varied considerably between the 13 locations, a clear overall pattern emerged.

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

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

There was something else, the solemnity of the scene, the complete silence, the absorption.

From "Gregor the Overlander" 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

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

The things absorb certain moistures and chemicals from the air and sun, and shed those absorptions when kept in darkness or from the fresh air.

From Aunt Jane's Nieces out West by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum


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