absorbed
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One of their studies tracked mountain climbers and found that being totally absorbed in a demanding task well done correlated directly with happiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
That porous structure would have absorbed and weakened some of the energy from the collision, helping Deimos survive the impact.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
What she absorbed instead, her mother, Jessica Leffler, said, was that she was too much: too dramatic, difficult, strange.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
SpaceX, which absorbed Musk's AI startup xAI before going public, made its listing a partial AI bet, too.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
For his part, Bobby was astonished at how much insight he absorbed from the book.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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