absorbed
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It explores online rhetoric and how it’s being absorbed, particularly by the younger generation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Kenneth Heideman is spending $120 a month more on gas and groceries than a year ago, but he said that’s just the start of higher costs he’s absorbed in retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Existing bondholders have absorbed painful price declines, but new capital can now lock in yields unavailable for much of the past two decades,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"How are survivors in Huddersfield supposed to have confidence that our experiences will not simply be absorbed into a much bigger national picture and effectively watered down?"
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
I was confused by this sudden glare of attention; it was as if the characters in a favorite painting, absorbed in their own concerns, had looked up out of the canvas and spoken to me.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
