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absorb

[ab-sawrb, -zawrb] / æbˈsɔrb, -ˈzɔrb /




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"Their economic impact has so far been limited, but the costs of climate change are rising and future shocks may be harder to absorb," she wrote.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Last year Indiana offered to open its doors to the disaffected counties, and absorb all the Illinois residents who wanted to break away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Binance will absorb the financial impact of the stolen funds, not our users,” the company said Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

"Binance will absorb the financial impact of these stolen funds, not our users," the company said in a statement on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Before we had a chance to absorb all that news, we were hit by even worse; on Hitler's orders, thousands of Polish Jews, perhaps as many as 17,000, had been expelled from Germany.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

But genuinely funny moments are rare, badly outnumbered by done-to-death musings regarding the mysteries of being alive and torturous melodramatic moments in which Klara dully absorbs the severity of Josie’s illness and Chrissy’s sorrow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

When we see Ho-seok scolded at a grueling new job for endangering himself, he mutely absorbs it and shuffles to the side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

But the number on the label does not necessarily match the calories your body actually absorbs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Bare ice is darker and less reflective than fresh snow, so absorbs more of the Sun's energy.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In sucking the blood it absorbs also the germs which are contained in it, and thus is infected.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Both provide amino acids that the body uses to build and maintain tissues, but they are digested and absorbed at different rates.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

He said residents were also worried about flooding as the fields currently absorbed "vast amounts of rainwater".

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

At the same time, existing Indigenous and Afro-diasporic cosmologies were either erased or absorbed, hiding in plain sight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

He said there is less slack in the economy relative to a year ago, and expects the remaining spare capacity to be absorbed during the next two years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

I pointed with my lips across the fire to Minerva, who was absorbed in chewing through a bag of porcupine quills she’d harvested last week when we ran across its carcass.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

By creating these new pathways, the material can continue absorbing forces around potential fractures instead of failing abruptly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Heavy periods, low dietary iron, gastrointestinal blood loss and problems absorbing iron through the gut can all play a role.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

With its harmonically lush score and emotionally raw libretto, “The Mothers of Kherson,” though frequently absorbing, is no “Guernica” in sound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Then he threw an out-and-up to Puka Nacua, absorbing a big hit as he released the ball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

I stare at the screen, absorbing word by word a sliver of my life that changed everything.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson


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