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osmosis

noun as in absorption

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Pitcher filters are simple, but their long-term cost can be higher than that of adsorption or reverse osmosis filters installed under the sink.

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I’ve inherited some things through osmosis but, by and large, I didn’t know the first thing about Judaism — even having been bar mitzvahed, having played Jewish characters before.

Typically, he added, they can be treated using activated carbon and reverse osmosis.

Living organisms use osmosis for such activities as bursting seed dispersing fruits in plants or absorbing water in the intestine.

If artistic stature worked by osmosis, Christian Wolff could claim greatness based on that alone.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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