absorb
Example Sentences
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It will be difficult for Littleton to fully absorb those costs, he said, noting that “net losses have been at record levels across farm country during the last three years.”
From MarketWatch
Meanwhile the large sugar and tobacco plantations that once belonged to former colonizers were quickly being absorbed by American corporations — not by Cubans.
From Los Angeles Times
The ground is still wet from the storm last weekend, Parker said, making it hard for the new rain to be absorbed into the ground and causing streams to overflow.
Taken together, these measures have helped absorb the initial impact of the lost supply.
As the corporate world gears up for AI, a significant number of companies refreshed their executive ranks and those changes need to be absorbed within the organizations before transformations begin, Vaz said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
