absorb
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They should consider building diversified portfolios to absorb them, said Gordon.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
“They are among the state’s most vulnerable groundwater users and have fewer pathways to adapt and less capacity to absorb new costs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
These officials have pointed to stock markets near records and easy corporate borrowing as evidence the economy could absorb higher rates without much difficulty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
She raises her finger high in the air, turning so that the whole audience can absorb that she is about to outdo the elephant once and for all.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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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
In addition, many now need to issue equity and debt, which absorbs available funds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 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
I showed them a jellyfish that lights up like police flashers when it’s threatened, and another jellyfish that absorbs all the light that surrounds it.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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“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
It is absorbed in the gut within minutes and then gets into the bloodstream.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“I am completely absorbed in combat life. I can’t seem to think of anything but the fighting,” Lilya told her mother.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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It couldn’t have been a lack of quality that prevented Hulu from pursuing the subsequent seasons: It was some of the most absorbing TV available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
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
Graduation also comes at a time when students are "the least financially resilient", says Allingham, as they have been absorbing the costs of studying all year.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
She never finished high school, but compensated for her incomplete education by devouring books and absorbing ideas.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
It’s quiet, absorbing work that helps take my mind off my troubles.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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