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absorbed

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


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The Denver Broncos absorbed $85 million in dead money when they cut Russell Wilson just two years into an enormous contract.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Puryear absorbed Scandinavian principles of design while studying printmaking at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm.

From The Wall Street Journal

These are material risks, yet the global system has absorbed them more smoothly than many expected.

From Barron's

“When legacy studios are absorbed there’s a significant decline in production,” said Michael O’Leary, chief executive of the theatrical exhibition trade group Cinema United.

From The Wall Street Journal

What might once have been shocking to a person of conscience is absorbed into routine.

From Salon