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Recent Examples of absorbable
Key Takeaways Lamb and beef are excellent, comparable sources of highly absorbable heme iron.
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Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 20 Jan. 2026
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
Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 20 Jan. 2026
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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Fictional dialogue has to strip all that away and compress meaning into digestible chunks that readers actually want to consume.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
9 Feb. 2026
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Made from a digestible mixture of cellulose, gelatin, and molybdenum or tungsten, the capsule works as a tiny Faraday cage, blocking RF communication.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This chewable vitamin has 15 essential nutrients, so men benefit from omega-3 fish oil, vitamin E for antioxidant health, zinc for the immune system and vitamin D3 for bone health.—
PubSubHub User,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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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
Adjective
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The Neighborhood Shares program is an initiative where every store donates 100 percent of its unsold products that are still safe and edible to local non-profit organizations.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
11 Feb. 2026
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It’s harvested for its edible seeds, which are often eaten as a snack food.—
Clarence Schmidt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This month, Lemme added Walmart to its retail roster, which includes Ulta, Amazon, TikTok Shop and Target, where the brand grew 100 percent in 2025 and ranks as the number-one beauty ingestible brand, said cofounder Simon Huck.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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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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More recently, some transplants have been delivered in swallowable capsules.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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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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“Absorbable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absorbable. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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