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absorption

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




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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

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

"As light from the galaxies traveled toward Earth, it passed through surrounding gas, and we were able to look at the light's absorption patterns to detect specific elements."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

With peaceful absorption Biff settled down to the details of the newspaper before him.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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 despised their whole-hearted passion for sports at an age when he was beginning to be interested in less wholesome and far more complex absorptions….

From The Long Trick by Bartimeus


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