absorption
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Pernicious anemia is different: the problem is not bleeding, but poor absorption of vitamin B12.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
The trade-off for the shock absorption is that in a deep, sustained downturn, your portfolio will be exposed to more drawdown than a stricter rule would allow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
As on Wall Street, the media’s absorption with Greenspan during his years as Fed chair generated stories and legends.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
Orange juice delivers roughly the same sugar as a can of soda, stripped of the fiber found in whole fruit that slows absorption and increases gut motility.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 21, 2026
All of that immense mass of flesh and bone and consciousness will disappear by absorption into the earth, without recognition by the transient survivors.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing absorption
Chemistry - Introductory
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Photosynthesis - Middle School
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Chemistry - High School
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