shock absorber

Example Sentences

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Cash flow was significantly stronger than expected, due to lower investments, but this only acts as a partial shock absorber to the negative results, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

First, China has turned itself into the world’s oil shock absorber.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

Financial markets act like a shock absorber for investment.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 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

The rear wheel shock absorber was loose too.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary