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absorbed

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


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Kelly Birkett, a personal accountant from Redditch, said: "The £100 is good, but it's not great. It just gets absorbed into everything else families have to pay for, just to get by."

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

Investors absorbed a steady deluge of high-quality debt issued by the big AI “hyperscalers” in 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

He was reading, with absorbed interest, a tiny, vellum-bound book written in some Near Eastern language.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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