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absorb

[ab-sawrb, -zawrb] / æbˈsɔrb, -ˈzɔrb /




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This hurts the population most in need of technological assistance and least equipped to absorb the consequences of AI log exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

It uses “ultrasonic vibration technology,” Xie said, to help the skin absorb the applied moisturizing cream and combat eye puffiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Chief among them is the seeming inability to absorb a blow and come back fighting.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

For instance, chlorine-terminated MXenes absorb strongly in the 14-18 GHz range, while bromine- and iodine-based versions respond to different frequency ranges.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

But they get away with it by arranging the words so that a reader can absorb them a phrase at a time, each phrase conveying a chunk of conceptual structure.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker