absorbed

Example Sentences

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While some companies have increased prices, Dubbal says many brands and vendors have absorbed them so far, shielding consumers.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth told a packed room on Monday that oil prices had not yet fully absorbed the effects of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

None of this is to say that a major reckoning won’t come at some point, or that AI hasn’t already absorbed some positions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

With a traditional defined-benefit plan, the employer absorbed the ups and downs of the market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

The songs and sounds they’ve absorbed are part of western musical style, and are now part of the musical lingua franca or the music that is “normal” for them.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin