absorbed

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Airglow occurs when atoms and molecules that absorbed energy from sunlight during the day release that excess energy as light after dark.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

SpaceX, which absorbed Musk's AI company xAI, could see shares begin trading as early as June 12.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

The tiles, made of collagen, become largely inert within weeks and are absorbed into the body.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

George Santayana’s famous observation about history has been absorbed into the bloodstream of popular thought: Those who don’t learn from it are doomed to repeat it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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