noun
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a person or thing that absorbs
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physics a material that absorbs radiation or causes it to lose energy
Etymology
Origin of absorber
Vocabulary lists containing absorber
Nuclear Processes
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That is a fine shock absorber for the insurer.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Earlier, Boutcher said that the stalemate meant the police had "once again become the shock absorber of our society".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Paradoxically, by placing additional constraints on the unknown absorber, we might have made the mystery even more intriguing," said Janusz J. Petkowski of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The pullback in oil purchasing has acted as a shock absorber for the global economy, keeping a lid on prices, and was a big surprise to commodities traders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
But the only one who accepted his answer was Little Lou, who was like that, an absorber.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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