absorbed
Example Sentences
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He quietly absorbed it all, getting used to this new, more chaotic reality, and tried to figure out his place inside it, for however long it lasted.
From Literature
"I watched, completely absorbed, as it began to bury itself in the sand, its skin shifting colour and texture in an effortless display of camouflage."
From BBC
The result isn’t less risk, but better-placed risk: Short-duration liquidity is provided by banks built on depositor confidence, while loss is absorbed by capital built to endure it.
Competition is more rational now and might get even more so if Warner Bros. is absorbed.
Forty percent of firms surveyed by AGC said they raised their bid prices in response to actual or proposed tariffs last year and only 11% of firms said they absorbed all tariff-related cost increases themselves.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
