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Recent Examples of absorbable
Magnesium citrate is generally more absorbable than inorganic forms.
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Trang Tran, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025
Next, doctors performed reconstruction on each twin using absorbable mesh and complex soft tissue and skin coverage with flaps.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Trang Tran, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025
Next, doctors performed reconstruction on each twin using absorbable mesh and complex soft tissue and skin coverage with flaps.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for absorbable
Adjective
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Since tracking over 60 metrics can get unwieldy, users will also get a more digestible Health Trajectory score that visualizes their healthspan — or how many years of good health a person can expect.—
Victoria Song,
The Verge,
5 Jan. 2026
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Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996) Captain Planet made environmental concepts digestible.—
Alex Shoemaker,
Parents,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Even tougher topics were greeted with easily chewable sound bites, delivered with the honey of a politician who feels your pain.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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Some people may prefer a chewable gummy, while others might find mixing magnesium powder with their water handy after hitting the gym.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
13 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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At the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center this month, youngsters will hang out after school and make fun edible creations in cooking class.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Whether fruiting or not, these trees have small white flowers and glossy green leaves that add appeal to the garden, and their grape-sized fruits have thin, edible skin.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Arey The System, $100 With a daily ingestible and serum, Arey’s The System supports overall hair health, while boosting and preserving hair pigment to slow down grays.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
19 Nov. 2025
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The problem has been that soft, ingestible actuators run on gas pressure, requiring pumps and valves to function, neither of which are easy to make without plastic and metal.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In the not-too-distant future, however, such holes may be easily plugged with the equivalent of a tiny remote-control swallowable pen.—
Ben Coxworth
October 16,
New Atlas,
16 Oct. 2025
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This has prompted scientists to search for less invasive techniques, including in the form of swallowable capsules.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Absorbable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absorbable. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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