absorbent

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When exposed to a focused beam of electrons, specific regions of the film become more or less absorbent.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 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

And now I could see the doll only vaguely and drops of moisture were thudding down upon its absorbent paper .

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison