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
Financial markets act like a shock absorber for investment.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025
“I noticed that I started to feel really content with packaging my food, sticking them in the oxygen absorber, and then putting them in my bin,” Moffitt said.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025
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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