absorber
Example Sentences
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Every investor alive has been trained by four decades of falling rates to believe recession means rate cuts, which means that bonds rally, which means a typical 60/40 stock-bond portfolio has a shock absorber.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
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
First, China has turned itself into the world’s oil shock absorber.
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
Fixing our food system could reduce the public and private costs of ill health, enhance farmers' incomes, reduce food import dependence, and transform agriculture from a net emitter to a net absorber of carbon emissions.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2024
The rear wheel shock absorber was loose too.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
Vocabulary lists containing absorber
Nuclear Processes
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Physics - High School
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