absorbent
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WSJ | Buy Side: This stone bath mat is absorbent and quick-drying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Once the reflective white snow coverage from winter is gone from the top of the glacier, the darker, more absorbent grey surface of the bare ice is exposed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
When exposed to a focused beam of electrons, specific regions of the film become more or less absorbent.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 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
My palms are sweating like crazy, but the jeweled dress isn't absorbent and they skid right of if I try to dry them.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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