absorb
Example Sentences
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Because the resin reabsorbs into leaves as they cool, the researchers squeezed the leaves over two large shells while still hot.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2024
The tungsten reabsorbs that energy, preventing it from being lost.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2022
As discussed above, the ascending loop actively reabsorbs NaCl out of the forming urine into the interstitial spaces.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The bell reabsorbs the tentacles, and then it degenerates further until it becomes a gelatinous blob.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012
Râmânuja preaches the worship of a loving God, though when we read that God produces and reabsorbs the universe in sport, we find that we are farther from Christianity than we at first supposed.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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