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absorb

[ab-sawrb, -zawrb] / æbˈsɔrb, -ˈzɔrb /




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They should consider building diversified portfolios to absorb them, said Gordon.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 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

As water molecules absorb microwave energy, they move more rapidly and generate additional vapor.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Waiting by the White House entrance was a large, heavy wagon equipped with a platform and bed springs to absorb the jolts as the wagon drove to the train station.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Its open crumb absorbs just enough sauce to become more flavorful as it sits, while the soft crust remains easy to eat on a towel without showering your lap in shards.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Warmer air absorbs more water, drying out vegetation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 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

If a surface absorbs heat efficiently from a particular direction or wavelength, it also emits heat the same way.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

In sucking the blood it absorbs also the germs which are contained in it, and thus is infected.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

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

“The oil market remains reliant on a shrinking set of buffers that have absorbed the impact of Middle East supply disruption.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 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

I knew some of them, yet I never really absorbed them until I decided to make Chapter One my gustatory church for the Cup and watch as many games there as possible.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Still, my life remained absorbed by school and play and chores, running to the bakery to buy a loaf of bread or to the cobbler to pick up shoes that had been mended.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

It would also avoid adding unnecessary pressure to an economy already absorbing higher energy costs and multi-decade-high Treasury yields.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 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

She never finished high school, but compensated for her incomplete education by devouring books and absorbing ideas.

From Salon Jul. 6, 2026

They learn the value of education by absorbing the laws and traditions of the tribe.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau




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