absorbed

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In an 1803 etching and aquatint with watercolor by Thomas Daniell, we see Gangaram absorbed in sketching wall reliefs of Shiva and Parvati from a rock-cut cave at Ellora.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

SpaceX, which absorbed Musk's AI company xAI, could see shares begin trading as early as June 12.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

As sunlight is absorbed, the water evaporates and is distilled into fresh water.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

In other words, what an AI tells you can be shaped by what it absorbed while learning—and by what authorities later told it to suppress.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Only artists can observe it fully, but they are so absorbed by it that they have great difficulty explaining it to us.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson