absorb
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These companies may try to absorb some of the cost to protect their market share and work through existing inventory.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East absorb international attention, and Europe's burning issue is how to stop so many Afghans fleeing towards their shores.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
How much money can this strategy absorb without jeopardizing future returns?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The state would absorb the next $270 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
I wanted to take a moment and absorb everything, but I had to keep up with Nasreen Baji as she hurried toward the sari shop.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
Its open crumb absorbs just enough sauce to become more flavorful as it sits, while the soft crust remains easy to eat on a towel without showering your lap in shards.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
With many years of military experience, I know what happens when you ration a scarce, aging fleet against rising demand: readiness erodes, and someone downstream absorbs the risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Protecting the Amazon is crucial to combat climate change, since its dense vegetation absorbs the greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
In addition, many now need to issue equity and debt, which absorbs available funds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
He felt that this motionless listener was absorbing his confession as a tree absorbs the rain, that this motionless man was the river itself, that he was God Himself, that he was eternity itself.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
What happens next could hinge on how much AI debt needs to be absorbed by investors in the months ahead.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
But that’s not the story most people have absorbed.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
But Dudamel also arrived with a vision of music that he had absorbed from El Sistema.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
One explanation is that a large galaxy absorbed a smaller companion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
She had been so absorbed, she had forgotten the time.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Amazon and Twitch are not the first to start absorbing user data to build AI models as competition in the sector heats up.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Oceans are a vital regulator of the climate, absorbing most of the excess heat generated by greenhouse gas emissions and producing half of Earth's oxygen.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
It had no mouth and apparently obtained nutrients by absorbing bacteria and algae through its entire lower surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Somewhere in the middle, the rest of us wondered how absorbing such horror would change us, whether as individuals or as a society.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
He had provided for himself and could feel his body absorbing the food he had eaten.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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