absorbed

Example Sentences

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Anwar Gargash, hailed the cease-fire as a victory for the Gulf monarchy, which absorbed the brunt of Iranian missile and drone attacks in the past five weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth told a packed room on Monday that oil prices had not yet fully absorbed the effects of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

There was only one month left of summer and my internship, and I’d been so absorbed in thinking about Marcus that I hadn’t even come up with my own cupcake recipe yet.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks