shock 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

“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

The oligoethylene glycol units act as a type of shock absorber that adjusts to the appropriate length to make certain the shapes can fit together in a near-perfect manner.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

Hermes was now pulling Beck and Watney along, with Vogel's use of the tether acting as a shock absorber.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir