absorbed
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DirecTV absorbed the losses because Sunday Ticket helped attract and retain satellite subscribers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
When these transport systems are impaired, less dietary oxalate is absorbed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
More than 90 percent of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gas emissions has been absorbed by the oceans, sparing land from warming but at severe cost to marine life, reefs and coastal communities.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
It has been proposed that health care in the islands would be absorbed by local authorities, though no decisions have been made on this.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
In fact he became so absorbed he often forgot about her altogether.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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