absorbing

Example Sentences

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Traders often feel intense pressure to be constantly absorbing real-time news updates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Bankers interpret this as a sign that slightly better-off consumers are absorbing the higher prices, while lower-income customers are increasingly cutting back or seeking cheaper alternatives.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Instead, let it warm gently in the finished sauce, absorbing flavor while staying tender.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

The hosts discuss the unusual case of a smaller company absorbing a larger one, and why Unilever’s stock is currently plummeting.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

And so his love for Lotus was not whole and perfect as it had been before, absorbing utterly his mind and his body.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck