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absorbed

[ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd] / æbˈsɔrbd, -ˈzɔrbd /


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Mice with insufficient cardiolipin absorbed considerably more glucose from their bloodstreams.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Equity investors have already piled into SpaceX’s listing this summer, absorbed a nearly $85 billion equity raise by Google parent Alphabet and are currently being plied by Meta Platforms for more cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

For example, Ralph Lauren created an interactive fashion-advice app called Ask Ralph that absorbed every interview the fashion mogul had ever given.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Their allure also has to do with the way that strips are absorbed buccally, in the cheek, and sublingually, under the tongue, as opposed to only in the digestive tract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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


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