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By the time they’re cooked, the dumplings will have absorbed liquid and plumped up without completely firming up or developing a crust in the way fried or roast foods do.

From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 2017

Note: Be sure to save the rehydrating liquid -- the liquid will have absorbed great flavor from the softened chiles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2015

By the end of 1943�if the war is still chewing up U.S. manpower�war industry will have absorbed 4,000,000 women.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the one will have absorbed but 63∕4 British thermal units, while the other will have absorbed 91∕2.

From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.

For example, if a bit of dry calcium chloride is placed in moist air, in the course of a few hours it will have absorbed sufficient moisture to dissolve it.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William