absorbed
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Markets have absorbed an astonishing amount of headline risk since the war with Iran began in February, and staged one of the strongest equity recoveries on record.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
In other words, what an AI tells you can be shaped by what it absorbed while learning—and by what authorities later told it to suppress.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Usyk responded with a sharp double uppercut in the second, but Verhoeven absorbed it well and fired back with two right hands of his own.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
The differences revealed which wavelengths were absorbed by the planet's atmosphere, allowing the team to identify the gases present.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
“I was absorbed, sir: yes, and I was happy. To paint them, in short, was to enjoy one of the keenest pleasures I have ever known.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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