osmotic

as in absorbent

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Recent Examples of osmotic So while osmotic power has potential, our current technology limits what can be extracted. Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025 Take over-the-counter medicines like fiber supplements, stool softeners, lubricants, stimulants, or osmotic agents. Korin Miller, SELF, 14 Oct. 2025 Lower temperatures can inhibit feeding, swimming and osmotic abilities in warm-water fish leading to death, researchers said. Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025 The first real push came in 2009, when the Norwegian company Statkraft built one of the world’s first prototype osmotic power plants. New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025 Magnesium hydroxide is a saline laxative (a type of osmotic laxative) that improves bowel movements. Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025 This increase is attributed to higher product revenue from ALZET osmotic pumps and certain excipients. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024 But to be fair, the acquisition of gardening knowledge is a bit of an osmotic process — a slow absorption of many tiny bits of information. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2015
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Adjective
  • Put a load of the non-absorbent towels in the washer (don't overload) and run the load on a regular wash cycle in warm or hot water.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
  • In its natural form, sea moss is hyper-absorbent.
    Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • My older son noticed how the ground got spongier in the primary forest.
    Idra Novey, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • It was later discovered that Jazzy’s fluid buildup was due to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow — the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Still, despite the trauma-thirsty embrace of Luke’s story from the media, the music lingered.
    Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Plot details are very hazy, but the word on the street is that the story centers on a ne’er-do-well smuggler who finds himself in the middle of a deadly double-cross while on a job in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in him surrounded by bodies, hostile mercenaries and thirsty sharks alike.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Osmotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/osmotic. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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