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absorb

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




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But the hope that games might one day absorb humanity’s deepest conflicts underestimates how much those conflicts depend on stakes that games, by design, cannot replicate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

There are also "balancing costs", including payments to wind farms to switch off when the system cannot absorb all the electricity they produce.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“The Fed has been expanding its balance sheet since December to build bank reserves in the system to absorb this temporary loss of reserves.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

In these reactions, atomic nuclei repeatedly absorb neutrons and then undergo radioactive decay until they reach stable forms.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

My gaze swept about the room, trying to absorb the sights.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon




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