absorbed

Example Sentences

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They were once blown off the stage by Parliament/Funkadelic, but absorbed much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Markets have absorbed an astonishing amount of headline risk since the war with Iran began in February, and staged one of the strongest equity recoveries on record.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

But it's clear the consequences of this strike could have been far worse: the drone hit the lift shaft on the roof, which absorbed much of the blast.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Her team’s paper traced some pro-government bias in large language model outputs to state media absorbed during training.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The walls are so thick and the planking on the floors so solid that sound in the residence seems to get absorbed quickly.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama