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absorb

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




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The plans for it to absorb the existing King Khalid International Airport and cover roughly 22 square miles, about the size of Manhattan, with a projected capacity of 120 million passengers by 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Last year Indiana offered to open its doors to the disaffected counties, and absorb all the Illinois residents who wanted to break away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

"User funds remain safe. Binance will absorb the financial impact of the stolen funds, not our users," it said on X.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Through high-pressure experiments and advanced computer simulations, researchers found that magma can absorb additional oxygen beyond the amount normally required by its chemical composition.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

“Perhaps you could absorb the material,” he said, but then he hung his old gray head.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

But genuinely funny moments are rare, badly outnumbered by done-to-death musings regarding the mysteries of being alive and torturous melodramatic moments in which Klara dully absorbs the severity of Josie’s illness and Chrissy’s sorrow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

When we see Ho-seok scolded at a grueling new job for endangering himself, he mutely absorbs it and shuffles to the side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Known as DAMM, short for digestion, absorption and microbial metabolism, the model tracks how food moves through the digestive tract, how much energy the body absorbs directly, and how gut microbes process whatever remains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Bare ice is darker and less reflective than fresh snow, so absorbs more of the Sun's energy.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“They say black absorbs all color. It blots and consumes it and gives us nothing back. That’s wrong, don’t you think?”

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

The additional greenhouse gases being added to the atmosphere have trapped additional heat and about 90% of that has been absorbed by the oceans.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Such interactions can cause neutrinos to scatter or be absorbed, providing scientists with a way to detect them.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Yet Indigenous and enslaved African populations did not simply take on these symbols of subjugation; they absorbed and subverted them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Equity investors have already piled into SpaceX’s listing this summer, absorbed a nearly $85 billion equity raise by Google parent Alphabet and are currently being plied by Meta Platforms for more cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Challenges to the system will be easily absorbed or deflected, and the accommodations made will serve primarily to legitimate the system, not undermine it.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

However, he trims his 2026 and 2027 earnings forecasts by 3.1% and 2.9%, respectively, to reflect higher-than-expected costs and the one-off impact of Tenaga absorbing electricity surcharge costs from September to December.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

By monitoring how gas concentrations changed inside these chambers, the researchers could determine whether the soil was absorbing methane and calculate how much was being removed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

“You Can See Everything” is an absorbing study of public presentation and private doubts, a documentary that asks more questions than it answers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Funny,” Brett remarks, absorbing quickly the nuances of bullfights, “how one doesn’t mind the blood.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

He was an astonishing student, absorbing everything in the books, then looking past them for things his teachers didn’t know.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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