absorption
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In a recent study, Caballero finds that instead of investors accepting lower yields because Treasurys are so desirable, they are demanding higher yields; the safety premium has become an absorption premium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
But today’s 40% offers real income, alongside real shock absorption to shaky equity markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Despite decades of research, vitamin B12 deficiency remains common, particularly among older adults, vegans, vegetarians and people with conditions that affect absorption.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
Weight-loss surgery and some medicines used for diabetes or acid reflux can also reduce absorption.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
There was something else, the solemnity of the scene, the complete silence, the absorption.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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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 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
Vocabulary lists containing absorption
Chemistry - Introductory
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Photosynthesis - Middle School
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Chemistry - High School
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