shock absorber
noun
: any of several devices for absorbing the energy of sudden impulses or shocks in machinery or structures
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The car needs new shock absorbers.
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Not just any type of bus, but a marshrutka—a crowded, rumbling, claustrophobic Soviet holdover minibus, solidly built with steel girding and equally lacking in shock absorbers and seat padding.
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Irene Zabytko
may 7, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Energy inventories, which act as shock absorbers, continued to shrink rapidly last week, according to federal data released Wednesday.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
As the shock absorbers are withdrawn, the shocks translate a little bit more directly.
—CBS News, 4 May 2026
And in America, the ultimate shock absorbers are women.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Irene Zabytko
may 7, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Energy inventories, which act as shock absorbers, continued to shrink rapidly last week, according to federal data released Wednesday.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
As the shock absorbers are withdrawn, the shocks translate a little bit more directly.
—CBS News, 4 May 2026
And in America, the ultimate shock absorbers are women.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for shock absorber
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“Shock absorber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shock%20absorber. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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