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absorption

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




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Prof. Bauer explains: "Instead, we used X-ray absorption spectroscopy, amongst other techniques. This method enabled us to investigate the immediate surroundings of the cobalt atoms."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

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

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

Known as DAMM, short for digestion, absorption and microbial metabolism, the model tracks how food moves through the digestive tract, how much energy the body absorbs directly, and how gut microbes process whatever remains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 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

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

He was wondering at the unreality of ideas, at the fading radiance of existence, and at the little absorptions that were creeping avidly into his life, like rats into a ruined house.

From The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald


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