absorb
Example Sentences
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It remains to be seen, however, how many shocks the system can absorb before it starts to fray, said Roozbeh Aliabadi, an Iranian consultant at geopolitical advisory firm Global Growth Advisors.
But while his dress and affect are foreign to me, his ideas aren’t—they are historical lessons from England that our founders absorbed and adapted to our own Constitution.
“And it is the Columbus they created who has been absorbed by subsequent storytellers.”
Their structure allows them to absorb water and nutrients directly from their surroundings.
From Science Daily
"Margins in most consumer categories are not deep enough to absorb these increases."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
