absorb
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They should consider building diversified portfolios to absorb them, said Gordon.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
On the other hand, strong productivity growth might allow firms to absorb costs they would otherwise pass on, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Iran continues to absorb repeated military strikes, economic uncertainty, and there is no guarantee that the current balance can be sustained.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Riverside has less room to absorb that risk, Engelschall said, and it cut international first-year admits by 3%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
I wanted to take a moment and absorb everything, but I had to keep up with Nasreen Baji as she hurried toward the sari shop.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
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Its open crumb absorbs just enough sauce to become more flavorful as it sits, while the soft crust remains easy to eat on a towel without showering your lap in shards.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
With many years of military experience, I know what happens when you ration a scarce, aging fleet against rising demand: readiness erodes, and someone downstream absorbs the risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
An asteroid absorbs sunlight and later releases that energy as infrared radiation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
This absorbs radiation more quickly, meaning extreme melting produces an accelerating feedback effect, worsening the situation even further.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
In K-capture, the nucleus absorbs one of the two electrons from its innermost electron “shell”— the “K” shell—thereby transforming a nuclear proton into a neutron.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Worse, burned trees release the carbon they were storing, then destroy other plant life that could keep that carbon absorbed.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
I knew some of them, yet I never really absorbed them until I decided to make Chapter One my gustatory church for the Cup and watch as many games there as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Sarah says their daughters have absorbed her attitude towards money.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
The scientists then exposed the neurons to different molecules and observed how the cells absorbed them while the MPS remained intact.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The power they absorbed from the Uncles was stored in them, and with it they were able to control the Nightbeast.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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It would also avoid adding unnecessary pressure to an economy already absorbing higher energy costs and multi-decade-high Treasury yields.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Burnham spent time too as mayor absorbing people's experiences, their hardships and frustrations.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Large language models are capable of absorbing and processing massive quantities of linguistic information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
While trees may continue absorbing additional carbon, much of it does not necessarily become new wood.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
But naturally occurring uranium also contained U-235, which was much more fissile—highly likely to split after absorbing a neutron of almost any speed.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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