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absorb

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




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Michigan’s manufacturing supply chains are deeply integrated with Canada, and small businesses especially have borne the tariff brunt since they have less capacity to absorb the costs than larger companies do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Vitamin D is essential for helping the body absorb calcium and maintain healthy bones.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Analysts say rising production costs have become increasingly difficult to absorb as Samsung seeks to limit price increases to maintain shipment volumes and market share.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Eventually, somebody has to decide whether hospitality can continue to absorb it.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

The more I was able to absorb in this process, the more I wanted to absorb.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

The Mediterranean Sea absorbs heat during summer, increasing evaporation and contributing to heavier rainfall when storms develop.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

They have served as "a buffer that absorbs bad years so that a single drought or a single dry season does not translate directly into a water crisis", she told reporters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

The president and the chairman could tacitly agree to let Trump berate Warsh while Warsh absorbs it, or Trump could move on like nothing happened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

These include how efficiently it absorbs light, how concentrated it must be, where it is distributed in the atmosphere, and whether it can realistically exist within the observed range of cloud-particle sizes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

He felt that this motionless listener was absorbing his confession as a tree absorbs the rain, that this motionless man was the river itself, that he was God Himself, that he was eternity itself.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

The Chargers scored 14, 14 and 16 points in the first three games, and though they reached 23 at Seattle last Sunday, Herbert absorbed his most physical beating of the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

It said U.S. large-capitalization companies have broadly absorbed the climb in bond yields well and are also supported by forecasts of strong earnings growth driven by investment related to AI.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Spanish academies function on the idea that a coach is a teacher first, and Rodri absorbed that from a young age.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Already, the platform’s buyers have absorbed tariff-related seller price increases in the past year, Baker said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Matilda happened to be curled up in an arm-chair in the corner, totally absorbed in a book.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

"The reason why all solar cells are black, and increasingly the whole panel is now black, is because black is the best absorbing colour."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

And Brian Mulberry, chief market strategist at Zacks Investment Management, told MarketWatch that absorbing Chipotle would likely require hefty financing at a time when bond yields have risen sharply.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 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

After absorbing light, the material reaches a higher energy state and can use that energy to drive chemical reactions more rapidly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The clays have a complex active surface, given to absorbing and releasing gases and to catalyzing chemical reactions.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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