osmotic

Definition of osmoticnext
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
  • Towels, made of absorbent cotton or a cotton blend, are designed to hold moisture, while clothes can be made from various materials like synthetics, cotton, or delicate fabrics.
    Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 12 Jan. 2026
  • No Logos Skip the t-shirts with screen printing because the design is less absorbent and can flake off onto the floor.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Red bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside bones that produces all types of blood cells.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Here are details on mouth-watering apple pies that are worthy of a holiday feast, and the pasty pies filled with spongy chunks of dry apple that are hard to chew.
    Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
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  • Their opening night gets interrupted when blood thirsty vampires are lured in by the musical talents of Sammie (Miles Caton), a young blues musician.
    Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Investments in controlling invasive species have led to a 75 percent reduction in the area overtaken by melaleuca, a particularly thirsty tree species introduced in the river of grass near the turn of the 20th century to help drain it.
    Amy Green, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026

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“Osmotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/osmotic. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.

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