absorbent
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In one academic study, black hair was found to be 15 times more absorbent than ginger hair.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
By 2028, Unicharm aims to recycle the plastic and absorbent polymer from soiled diapers to make new ones as well, Tsutomu Kido, senior executive officer of Unicharm's recycling business, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
And then, of course, there is the absorbent core—which holds what scientists refer to as the “insult.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Cleanup teams are skimming and pumping oil from the tributary and deploying absorbent booms and pads to recover oil trapped along the creek bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
The flesh-colored fabric of the dummy’s skin makes a good, absorbent canvas.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
