absorbent

Example Sentences

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By 2028, Unicharm aims to recycle the plastic and absorbent polymer from soiled diapers to make new ones as well, Tsutomu Kido, senior executive officer of Unicharm's recycling business, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

And then, of course, there is the absorbent core—which holds what scientists refer to as the “insult.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The pads are made from cotton and an absorbent towel-like material to line them.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Cleanup teams are skimming and pumping oil from the tributary and deploying absorbent booms and pads to recover oil trapped along the creek bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

It looked like satin, the handkerchief; it could not possibly be absorbent enough.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie