Example Sentences

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How the character will absorb that realization is anyone’s guess — including Hayakawa’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The U.S. economy is a “$30 trillion dynamic and resilient beast” that will absorb the shock better than the other G-7 economies, Brusuelas says.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Bernstein, in his own Substack post on the study, wonders how Americans will absorb this inflationary hit.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Mead, the builder’s chief executive, said he worries about how the neighborhood’s grid of narrow, residential streets will absorb the influx of workers and equipment that will arrive when rebuilding ramps up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

I mumble: "They are made from Vicryl, which is polyglycolic acid. They will absorb by hydrolysis. So I won't have to have them taken out."

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan