absorbed
Example Sentences
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Alchemy absorbed about $40,000 in tariff costs last year instead of passing those charges on to customers.
During the global energy crisis, it said it absorbed about £40m of exceptional wholesale costs rather than passing them directly through to bills.
From BBC
Electrical engineers at Duke University have created the fastest pyroelectric photodetector ever demonstrated, a device that detects light by sensing the tiny amount of heat it produces when absorbed.
From Science Daily
"Some firms continued to pass tariff-related cost increases through to their customers, and others began to do so after having absorbed previous increases," the report said.
From Barron's
Gainsborough studied Van Dyck’s composition and color, and in maturity absorbed elements of the master—the grand scroop of silk, the drama of the gaze—into his own portraiture.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
