absorbed
Example Sentences
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While Chisora has exceeded all expectations during his 19-year career, the punishment he has absorbed across 346 rounds is difficult to ignore.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Amazon said that until now it had absorbed the higher fuel and logistics costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
This means that roughly 1.3 molybdenum-based metal complexes were activated for every photon absorbed, exceeding the usual limit and demonstrating that more energy carriers were produced than incoming photons.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth told a packed room on Monday that oil prices had not yet fully absorbed the effects of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
The power they absorbed from the Uncles was stored in them, and with it they were able to control the Nightbeast.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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