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absorbed

[ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd] / æbˈsɔrbd, -ˈzɔrbd /


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Nils absorbed higher tariff rates last year, triggering a small loss.

From The Wall Street Journal

Under low oxygen conditions, the animals produced more red blood cells overall, and each individual cell absorbed more glucose compared with cells formed under normal oxygen levels.

From Science Daily

With £32m still missing, Kochan says much of that cash may have been absorbed into general circulation, now "floating around in our shops, in our pockets, in our banks".

From BBC

In the booths over breakfast, Wasserman absorbed advice from a man who would be called the last king of Hollywood.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company has absorbed billions of dollars in annual losses each year since 2022, the last year of the pandemic-era vaccine boom.

From Barron's