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absorbed

adjective as in being completely occupied mentally

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This helps explain why U.S. corporate profit margins have risen in the wake of higher trade tariffs, which are partially being absorbed by companies rather than passed on to consumers as higher prices.

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As each segment played, Rosenthal and the cast watched, fully absorbed with smiles across their faces, while the audience sat rapt, revisiting these cherished moments.

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Morgan Asset Management‘s 2026 outlook report. “So far, most of the cost of the tariffs appear to have been absorbed by U.S. retailers.”

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He absorbed several punishing hits against Nebraska earlier this month before developing concussion symptoms over the next week, forcing him to miss the game against Ohio State.

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He finds that men who have absorbed these ideas “feel helpless,” like they are “not ever going to be ‘man enough'” to succeed at dating.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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