be absorbed in
Example Sentences
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The impact would be magnified because the estimated $1 billion shortfall will have to be absorbed in the remaining months of the fiscal year, which ends September 30.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2024
Within a few minutes, Titan would be absorbed in darkness, and the porthole would be a ring of black.
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2023
He said the cost could not be absorbed in what is a low-margin industry.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2022
There was an attitude that Catholics can’t be loyal, but most of them were able to be absorbed in the Whiteness and were able to be absorbed into the American narrative.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022
“He looks weak as a sickly lamb,” I observed, folding and refolding my napkin and pretending to be absorbed in my place setting.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
