absorber
Example Sentences
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Savers accept lower returns to own risk-free Treasury debt because it usually acts as a shock absorber.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 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
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
A good place to hide could be under the cars, up between the axles, balancing on a foot-wide iron shock absorber.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Vocabulary lists containing absorber
Nuclear Processes
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Physics - High School
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