absorbed

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Businesses that have already absorbed higher costs from tariffs may pass them along to consumers.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

“To date, these impacts have been measured and absorbed by the economies here and around the world, and we continue to watch them carefully,” Moynihan says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

While the amount of great music we absorbed as a staff left us a little delirious, it ensured we’d have plenty of moments to recall for a highlight reel of Weekend 1.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

That means losses are absorbed primarily by long-term equity investors rather than short-term creditors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

His wife was under the fern exactly where he’d left her, absorbed in the life of her book.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig