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absorbent

adjective as in capable of physically taking in a liquid

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Period pants are underwear with built-in absorbent layers.

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Trump shared an image of the absorbent, yellow and porous icon puzzling over a notepad with a pencil in his hand.

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The cotton terry material is absorbent and warm.

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To understand why wet and dry periods are becoming more extreme, it can help to think of the atmosphere as a kitchen sponge that’s becoming more and more absorbent as it warms.

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Tucked within most of them were even shorter absorbent layers, which are meant to soak up menstrual flow.

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