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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

“The Fed has been expanding its balance sheet since December to build bank reserves in the system to absorb this temporary loss of reserves.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Dry soils can absorb large amounts of snowmelt before it ever reaches streams, while groundwater losses across the basin have surged in recent decades.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

The material seemed to absorb light, and if I gazed at the beads too long, they started to glow and burn my eyes, like I was staring into the sun.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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