absorber
Example Sentences
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For the past year, falling gasoline prices have acted as a shock absorber, offsetting an 11% year-over-year increase in the price of natural gas and 5% rise in electricity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
“We don’t have quite the shock absorber that we used to have,” Croft said in an interview.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
“In a perfect world,” Velis said, the SRF would be the shock absorber, where you are lending against good collateral to banks at the auction rate.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025
Agroforestry and rewilding could transform the agricultural sector from a major generator to a net absorber of carbon emissions.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2024
But the only one who accepted his answer was Little Lou, who was like that, an absorber.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Vocabulary lists containing absorber
Nuclear Processes
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Physics - High School
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