absorb
Example Sentences
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Psychologists call this hedonic adaptation: the tendency to absorb improvements into our baseline until they no longer feel like gains.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Major retailers have more resources to absorb those shocks and keep prices lower.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
Between the sections where major earthquakes occur are quieter stretches of the fault that appear to absorb stress without producing large ruptures.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
The big cities no longer decide what feels culturally relevant so much as they absorb it.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
I was bracing myself for him to say something angry or bitter, steeling myself to absorb his understandable rage.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing absorb
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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