absorbing
Example Sentences
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As a small family run business, absorbing those kinds of price rises is very difficult.
From BBC
Sending in ground troops is always risky, and holding Kharg once taken would mean absorbing attacks.
Most used several tactics to offset the added cost, including renegotiating contracts with their suppliers and absorbing some of the increase, as well as raising product prices.
As absorbing as the debate has been, technology appears to be settling it without much regard to the feelings of the old guard.
From Los Angeles Times
“If ever there were a demand backdrop capable of absorbing higher fares, it is now,” Cunningham wrote in a weekend note.
From MarketWatch
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