absorb
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According to Clecat, "whether higher logistics costs translate materially into consumer prices depends on the duration of the disruption, the commodity and companies' ability to absorb or pass on costs".
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Our calculations regard the concrete physical model of an atom that is placed in a cavity between two mirrors, where it can absorb and emit light particles," says postdoc Marcelo Janovitch.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
How much money can this strategy absorb without jeopardizing future returns?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East absorb international attention, and Europe's burning issue is how to stop so many Afghans fleeing towards their shores.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Even Lewis and Clark with their big guns were astounded and unsettled by the ability of the grizzly to absorb volleys of lead with barely a wobble.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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“China’s approach is to drive technological innovation through rapid iteration and massive production. The immediate challenge is how the economy absorbs all that output,” said Lian Jye Su, analyst at research firm Omdia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Use them in the same year and the deduction absorbs conversion income that would otherwise be taxed at your top rate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Its open crumb absorbs just enough sauce to become more flavorful as it sits, while the soft crust remains easy to eat on a towel without showering your lap in shards.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Protecting the Amazon is crucial to combat climate change, since its dense vegetation absorbs the greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Held together by a long metal frame, the control rods are long, thin poles made of a material, often containing cadmium, that absorbs neutrons.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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The method allowed them to measure how the light reflected by the material changed almost immediately after the MOF absorbed a laser pulse.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Anton has absorbed it all and now speaks almost entirely in Russian slogans.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
What might my capital-gains tax and depreciation recapture look like, considering the $75,000 loss I’ve already absorbed?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
But Dudamel also arrived with a vision of music that he had absorbed from El Sistema.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Perhaps because of the months he spent absorbed in working on the clock itself, the circus feels familiar, comfortable.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Hayes said consumers had stopped absorbing price increases and were migrating to the biggest and cheapest stores as they hunted for deals and tried to manage higher costs of living.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The feature is usually linked to dense gas absorbing photons in the atmospheres of stars that are a few hundred million years old.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Amazon and Twitch are not the first to start absorbing user data to build AI models as competition in the sector heats up.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Operators have been absorbing that complexity themselves, manually, every night. That should not be the standard,” said SevenRooms’ CEO Joel Montaniel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Yet for a long time the pig had led a charmed life, nonchalantly absorbing high-powered lead lumps in its thick haunches, or else—it being also a rather swift pig—escaping on the run unscathed.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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