absorbing
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Burnham spent time too as mayor absorbing people's experiences, their hardships and frustrations.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The markets are absorbing a fraction of that available capital.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Large language models are capable of absorbing and processing massive quantities of linguistic information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
She never finished high school, but compensated for her incomplete education by devouring books and absorbing ideas.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
I brace myself, and we hit the level concrete, the shocks absorbing most of it.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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