absorbing

Example Sentences

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In fact, “the global economy looks to be absorbing the oil shock fairly smoothly,” writes Citi’s Nathan Sheets, who only modestly lowered his 2026 global growth expectations today.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The harder thing to know is how long American households can keep absorbing rising inflation, higher borrowing costs and roughly $4.50-a-gallon gas prices before it hurts the economy.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

“The market was positioned as a flagship host city but is now absorbing a gap between expectation and reality.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

I know for a fact that I am far from alone among baby boomers in having spent a great deal of my childhood and teenage years absorbing baseball lore.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

When a speeding neutron hits a hydrogen nucleus, the hydrogen atom jumps, absorbing some of the neutron’s momentum, but it does not break.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland