had absorbed
- past perfect of absorb.
Example Sentences
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Delta also topped Wall Street’s expectations and reinstated its outlook for the year, saying it had absorbed “the highest quarterly fuel expense” in its history.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
In the Philippines, meanwhile, manufacturers said they had absorbed some of the additional costs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
But by 1,000–2,000 years later, they had absorbed significant local ancestry.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026
Still under the influence of the propaganda she had absorbed as a child, she had not then grasped the degree of Mao’s cruelty and cynicism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Writing a story was a hopeless, puny enterprise when such powerful and chaotic forces were turning about her, and when all day long successive events had absorbed or transformed what had gone before.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
