How to Use absorber in a Sentence
absorber
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Our Earth's oceans are a huge absorber of carbon, and the Gulf Stream -- a strong ocean current in the Atlantic -- is a major player in that process.
—Jennifer Gray, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021
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This allowed a shock-absorber device to cushion the impact a bit.
—Terry Virts, Wired, 15 Sep. 2020
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Chances are that the bottom of your hair isn't greasy, so applying an oil absorber all over can just make your hair stiff and lackluster.
—Sam Escobar, Good Housekeeping, 23 Jan. 2023
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Clay works as an excellent absorber that can soak up excess oils.
—Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2022
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Each absorber unit is capable of collecting as much as 200 L per day.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2023
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Body roll is held in check with the thick anti-roll bars used on the Pontiac J2000 handling package, and Cadillac worked out its own special shock-absorber valving.
—Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 10 Feb. 2023
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The device is made up of a solar absorber on top of a radiative cooler, which is composed of layers of nitride, silicon and aluminum.
—Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2018
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The very cold devices, known as cryogenic detectors, are made with a crystalline absorber such as germanium.
—Lisa Randall, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2012
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The clip for the absorber inside the fuel tank was not secured properly and may detach, which can cause an inaccurate fuel gauge reading.
—Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2022
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They're stored in mylar pouches with an oxygen absorber and nitrogen flush for extra freshness.
—Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2022
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Soot is a powerful absorber, but recent measurements show modest amounts of it in Greenland snow, according to the researchers.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2014
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The new transmission is also quieter, by virtue of a centrifugal pendulum absorber.
—Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 10 Aug. 2021
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In contrast, a rod with moderate action will have its flex point farther down the blank, closer to the handle, where a less substantial backbone can act as a shock-absorber when battling larger predators.
—Field & Stream, 26 Feb. 2021
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The nine months of the pandemic have shown that in a modern state, capitalism can save the day — but only when the government exercises its power to guide the economy and act as the ultimate absorber of risk.
—Neil Irwin, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2020
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Customers can bring their vehicles to Mercedes-Benz dealers for a free absorbers replacement as necessary.
—Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
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Ground observatories are shrouded in Earth’s atmosphere, which itself is an absorber and scatterer of infrared light.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2021
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As a result, according to one estimate, the rate of deforestation spiked by 60 percent, leading the Amazon rainforest — the proverbial lungs of the world — to become a net emitter of carbon dioxide, rather than an absorber of global carbon emissions.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
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Select a filter that works best for your environment with options including original, toxin absorber, pet care and mold & bacteria.
—Nicole Charky-Chami, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2022
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From there, researchers created different catalysts for the light absorber, which changed the final recycled product depending on which one was used, including CO, syngas, and glycolic acid.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2023
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Some Electrolux refrigerators have smart crisper technology that removes excess moisture and keeps dry air out; and an ethylene absorber reduces the gas emitted by fruits and vegetables that causes spoiling.
—Deborah Wince-Smith, Forbes, 19 May 2022
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High-tech fabrics treated with chemical UV absorbers or natural fibers using special dyes block penetration from UV rays better than untreated clothing does.
—Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2023
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Battery storage facilities emit no greenhouse gases and can act like a shock-absorber for the electric grid, providing flexibility and reducing strain when the system needs additional megawatts.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
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For about 100 years, shock- absorber designers have been juggling compression and rebound damping ratios and developing complex shock valving to try to overcome this fundamental problem.
—Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
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One key step involved swapping out the silica gel for a liquid desiccant—calcium chloride solution—which is pumped between dedicated absorber and desorber units.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2023
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The shock-absorber hypothesis was not completely lacking in scientific merit.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 July 2022
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Currently, the most efficient device made using three light absorbers under standard illumination—that is, without using lenses or other concentrators—has an efficiency of 39.5 percent.
—Tracy H. Schloemer, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2023
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