absorbed

Example Sentences

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That tanker absorbed the cargo on March 12, went dark itself, and ultimately discharged the oil at the Chinese port of Dongjiakou.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

"The other founders refused to turn the keys of artificial intelligence over to one person," Savitt continued, adding: "When they refused to let OpenAI be absorbed" Musk "took his marbles and went home."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The team plans to continue investigating how EPA moves through the body, including how it is absorbed, transported, and distributed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

Somewhere along the way, I absorbed the belief that it was risky business.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

The term conveyed the political fear, so potent among the Antifederalist critics of the constitutional settlement of 1788, that the states would be absorbed by the new federal government.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis