Example Sentences

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China has been absorbing some excess global supply, said Tony Welch, chief investment officer at SignatureFD, an Atlanta-based wealth-management firm.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

He said the peat fires that are common in Siberia and many other Russian regions are particularly harmful in terms of emissions because the peat has been absorbing carbon for tens of thousands of years.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2021

The ocean has been absorbing about 80% to 90% of the additional heat added due to human activities.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Mr. Clarke says he has been absorbing the costs personally until he can persuade utilities and steel mills to agree to pay for credits.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2016

From time immemorial India has been absorbing all the surplus silver of the world.

From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)