absorb
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They should consider building diversified portfolios to absorb them, said Gordon.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Such regulations will also, by their nature, favor firms large enough to absorb them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
That is because parched, rock-hard ground may struggle to absorb water at first, so some rainwater may simply run off the surface instead.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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
“The cotton balls weren’t thick enough to absorb the impact.”
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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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
In addition, many now need to issue equity and debt, which absorbs available funds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
While the price tag might explain the market’s cool reaction, the deal is equally consequential for Zymeworks as it absorbs a company already under pressure.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Perhaps the thick soft bark absorbs sound and creates a silence.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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Using rapid X-ray flashes produced at the European XFEL, the researchers followed changes at specific atoms as the molecule released and redistributed the absorbed energy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
These editions reveal a neglected side of Golding, a writer whose central concerns have never been fully absorbed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
It was also their nests, made of glistening bubbles that absorbed sunlight and glowed all night, as if hundreds of miniature rainbows had gathered for a party.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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Graduation also comes at a time when students are "the least financially resilient", says Allingham, as they have been absorbing the costs of studying all year.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The markets are absorbing a fraction of that available capital.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Large language models are capable of absorbing and processing massive quantities of linguistic information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Researchers found that oak trees continue absorbing carbon dioxide well after their annual growth has ended, suggesting forests may store less carbon in wood than many climate models currently predict.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Most of my time since the secret hazmat operation has been spent vicariously absorbing Cabo through my class mates’ Instagram Stories.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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