sponge
Example Sentences
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I snapped, picked up a sponge and became — somewhat to my surprise — a clean-as-you-go convert.
From Salon
"This study revealed the importance of such breccia, which forms due to the erosion of seafloor mountains along mid-ocean ridges, as a sponge for carbon in the long-term carbon cycle."
From Science Daily
Sea slugs, corals, clams and sponges may not get as much of the spotlight as blue whales or sharks, but these curious creatures come with a host of unique, hard-to-believe abilities.
"I'm very proud of Leonardo. He was a sponge. He wanted to learn," Caton-Jones said.
From BBC
“I don’t think bitcoin has any other value than being a sponge for liquidity,” he said.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.