absorbed
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Ninety percent of those particles were small enough to qualify as nanoplastics, which are small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier and be absorbed into human cells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Investors submitted $2.77 in bids for every $1 of bonds available, while indirect bidders, a category that includes foreign institutions, absorbed more than 80% of the offering.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The punishment he absorbed has raised questions over whether his decision to take an immediate rematch has come too soon but Wardley remains confident he can reverse the result.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Ten-year Treasury and German Bund yields slid to multiweek lows in early European trade on Thursday as bond investors absorbed higher-than-expected U.S. inflation data that had prompted a temporary but sharp bond selloff on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The teacher kept half an eye on her all the time and noticed that the child very soon became deeply absorbed in the book.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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