absorbed

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Zaslav, one of the most richly compensated executives in America, is poised to receive as much as $887 million to depart the company once it is absorbed by David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Amazon said that until now it had absorbed the higher fuel and logistics costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Automation had been hollowing out middle-skill work since the early 2000s, quietly eliminating the clerical roles, bookkeeping jobs and sales positions that once absorbed India's graduates.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

This means that roughly 1.3 molybdenum-based metal complexes were activated for every photon absorbed, exceeding the usual limit and demonstrating that more energy carriers were produced than incoming photons.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

Instead of using nanocrystals to reflect light and change color, chromatophores absorbed light to change color.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste