How to Use absorber in a Sentence

absorber

noun

• 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
• This allowed a shock-absorber device to cushion the impact a bit.
  — Terry Virts, Wired, 15 Sep. 2020
• 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
• Clay works as an excellent absorber that can soak up excess oils.
  — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2022
• Each absorber unit is capable of collecting as much as 200 L per day.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• The very cold devices, known as cryogenic detectors, are made with a crystalline absorber such as germanium.
  — Lisa Randall, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2012
• 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
• They're stored in mylar pouches with an oxygen absorber and nitrogen flush for extra freshness.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2022
• 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
• The new transmission is also quieter, by virtue of a centrifugal pendulum absorber.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 10 Aug. 2021
• 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
• 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
• Customers can bring their vehicles to Mercedes-Benz dealers for a free absorbers replacement as necessary.
  — Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The shock-absorber hypothesis was not completely lacking in scientific merit.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 July 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 30 Aug 2024