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absorb

[ab-sawrb, -zawrb] / æbˈsɔrb, -ˈzɔrb /




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But the hope that games might one day absorb humanity’s deepest conflicts underestimates how much those conflicts depend on stakes that games, by design, cannot replicate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

There are also "balancing costs", including payments to wind farms to switch off when the system cannot absorb all the electricity they produce.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

But if it doesn’t, this will be our opportunity down the road to buy assets, absorb network changes, etc,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

“Even so, refunds appear large enough to absorb the shock and still leave some left over for savings or discretionary spending.”

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

But if the body doesn’t need a nutrient at the time that it is taken in, it won’t absorb it.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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