absorb
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They should consider building diversified portfolios to absorb them, said Gordon.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
These officials have pointed to stock markets near records and easy corporate borrowing as evidence the economy could absorb higher rates without much difficulty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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
Across the UK, solid brick homes like theirs quietly absorb heat the way they have for decades.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
They had been using those freaky necklaces they’d worn during the battle in the valley to not only absorb power from other witches but to influence the Grans through powerful and corrupted magic.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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Scientists have observed how energy moves through a molecule immediately after it absorbs light, revealing that individual atoms can record very different parts of the transformation.
From Science Daily ● 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
Protecting the Amazon is crucial to combat climate change, since its dense vegetation absorbs the greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
In addition, many now need to issue equity and debt, which absorbs available funds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
There’s a long pause at the table while everyone absorbs this.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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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
Herbert has absorbed a lot of hits over the years, and he has leaned heavily on his arm strength too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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
Perhaps because of the months he spent absorbed in working on the clock itself, the circus feels familiar, comfortable.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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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
When the MPS was disrupted, the neurons began absorbing material much faster.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
I am still absorbing how easily the facts flowed out of me.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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