Example Sentences

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Major U.S. airlines are absorbing the oil shock without the benefit of using futures contracts to hedge against price swings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Bankers interpret this as a sign that slightly better-off consumers are absorbing the higher prices, while lower-income customers are increasingly cutting back or seeking cheaper alternatives.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

“Behavior is doing more of the work than policy. Consumers are pushing back, companies are absorbing costs, and pricing power is thinning.”

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Some are absorbing part of the additional costs and taking a hit to their profit to avoid raising retail prices too much.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

The adventures which they have on a mid-sea island, where Mark, pagan, pirate, pearl-hunter, is found, are absorbing.

From The Jervaise Comedy by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)