be absorbed in
Example Sentences
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The impact would be magnified because the estimated $1 billion shortfall will have to be absorbed in the remaining months of the fiscal year, which ends September 30.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2024
He said the cost could not be absorbed in what is a low-margin industry.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2022
It’s not a show to be absorbed in one swoop.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2022
As usual, when I’m on my summer vacation next month I’ll be absorbed in books I can’t review.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2020
Siddhartha felt how wonderful it was to have such a listener who could be absorbed in another person’s life, his strivings, his sorrows.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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