reabsorb
verb
re·ab·sorb
ˌrē-əb-ˈsȯrb 
-ˈzȯrb
reabsorbed; reabsorbing; reabsorbs
: to take up (something previously secreted or emitted)
sugars reabsorbed in the kidney
also
: resorb sense 2
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Too much sugar in the blood puts heavy strain on the kidneys, which try to reabsorb glucose into the bloodstream.
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Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
According to Healthline, excess sugar in the bloodstream forces the kidneys to work overtime trying to reabsorb glucose.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Excess sugar in the blood overwhelms the kidneys, which struggle to reabsorb glucose.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
As more people use AI models to write and think, those outputs are reabsorbed into human discourse — and eventually into the data used to train the next generation of models —so the homogenization keeps compounding, the paper’s authors said.
—Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
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Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
According to Healthline, excess sugar in the bloodstream forces the kidneys to work overtime trying to reabsorb glucose.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Excess sugar in the blood overwhelms the kidneys, which struggle to reabsorb glucose.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
As more people use AI models to write and think, those outputs are reabsorbed into human discourse — and eventually into the data used to train the next generation of models —so the homogenization keeps compounding, the paper’s authors said.
—Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
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reabsorb
transitive verb
re·ab·sorb
ˌrē-əb-ˈsȯ(ə)rb, -ˈzȯ(ə)rb
: to take up (something previously secreted or emitted)
sugars reabsorbed in the kidney
also
: resorb
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