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The herbivorous marsupial can also reabsorb water from the colon and produce more concentrated urine to preserve hydration, or allow its body temperature to fluctuate with the environment in a process known as heterothermy.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

But the lining of the uterus in our species has become so thick that we cannot possibly reabsorb it every few weeks.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024

The caffeine-free water is then returned to the beans to reabsorb the coffee flavors and aromas.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

For example, the exchanged photon can morph into an electron-positron pair and back into a photon, or one electron can emit and reabsorb a particle called a Z boson.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2022

Alone, here, he can reabsorb and even prevent the demoniacal accidents which arise in cloisters.

From En Route by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)