absorb
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These individuals often lack the financial expertise to evaluate the assets held by these funds, or the means to absorb significant losses from these risky investments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Pimple patches containing a gel called hydrocolloid can absorb fluids from oozing pimples and stop you from picking at them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Gut bacteria can transform food components that would otherwise pass through the digestive system into molecules that the body can absorb and use for energy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Quick to absorb the spillover, Johor approved data centre projects worth tens of billions.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Like she’s wishing my father was there to help her absorb what’s being said.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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Known as DAMM, short for digestion, absorption and microbial metabolism, the model tracks how food moves through the digestive tract, how much energy the body absorbs directly, and how gut microbes process whatever remains.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Because lead absorbs far more X rays, letters appeared as bright marks against the darker carbonized material, similar to brighter regions on an underexposed black and white negative.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
But if AI absorbs the most manual elements of pulling pacing reports and tweaking platform bids, for example, practitioners might be able to see and work beyond their silos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
They have served as "a buffer that absorbs bad years so that a single drought or a single dry season does not translate directly into a water crisis", she told reporters.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
There’s silence on the other end as Vivian absorbs this.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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According to Begdache, psychological flexibility gives people the mental space to recognize what they are experiencing instead of becoming completely absorbed by their stress.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
And so it was with a mixture of wonder and dismay that I absorbed three programs at Carnegie Hall late last week, Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Northern Ireland's leaders have not absorbed the implications of a rapidly ageing society and are continuing to "plan for a population from a previous era" the Commissioner for Older People Siobhan Casey has warned.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The average stock has absorbed more damage from the jump in long rates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 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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However, producing more of these compounds does not necessarily mean absorbing more calories overall.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Then he threw an out-and-up to Puka Nacua, absorbing a big hit as he released the ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
“As governments and companies seek financing, markets are absorbing unprecedented issuance, increasing competition for scarce capital,” said Jason Pride, chief of investment strategy and research, and Michael Reynolds, vice president of investment strategy, at Glenmede.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Our critic called it “an absorbing ensemble drama by Andrew Stein about the brave new world of technology.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
I didn’t answer, because right then Nyame strode forward, his golden robes absorbing the light and scattering it across the beach like a million pieces of glass.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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