absorbed

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In an 1803 etching and aquatint with watercolor by Thomas Daniell, we see Gangaram absorbed in sketching wall reliefs of Shiva and Parvati from a rock-cut cave at Ellora.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

But it's clear the consequences of this strike could have been far worse: the drone hit the lift shaft on the roof, which absorbed much of the blast.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

More than 50 researchers and engineers have left since SpaceX absorbed xAI in February, with departures hitting teams working on Grok's coding, voice features, and the infrastructure used to build new frontier models.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

In other words, what an AI tells you can be shaped by what it absorbed while learning—and by what authorities later told it to suppress.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

I ducked lower, ready to run, but apparently he was too absorbed in his own thoughts to realize I was just a few feet away.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn