The phrase "absorb a large number" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the capacity or ability to take in or incorporate a significant quantity of something, such as information, resources, or energy.
Example: "The sponge can absorb a large number of liquids, making it ideal for cleaning tasks."
Alternatives: "take in a significant amount" or "incorporate a high volume".
The results demonstrate that the PDA layer coating on the surface of RGO could effectively absorb a large number of ICG molecules, quench ICG's fluorescence, and enhance the PDA RGO's optical absorption at 780 nm.
The surface reactivity of the goethite-water interface has been extensively studied and is known to absorb a large number of reactive species including protons [7, 8], chromate [9], carboxylates [10], carbonate [11], arsenic [12, 13], and a host of soluble uranium [14, 15] and plutonium species [16].
AphanoDB is constructed in such a way that it can absorb a large number of additional sequences from other oomycete species, such as S. parasitica, for which large scale cDNA sequencing projects are under way.
This sector absorbs a large number of female labors which causes a decline in the wage ratio.
The Region of Ionian islands in general and Lefkada island in particular, are exhibiting low unemployment rates, mostly due to the development of the tourist sector, which absorbs a large number of employees, especially in the peak summer period.
I included this section in order to point out that when considering the formation and development of the Han ethnicity through the process of absorbing a large number of other ethnic groups, we should not forget that the Han never stopped exporting new blood to other ethnic groups.
During the 1990s the city absorbed a large number of Beta Israel immigrants from Ethiopia, and in more recent years Ashdod absorbed a large number of immigrants from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Argentina, and South Africa.
Another interesting topic in the transmission of MDR-TB is the role of migration, as Jiangsu is a province absorbing a large number of non-permanent residents.
Experts say that Japanese markets would not be able to absorb such a large number of new issues if underwriters did not drum up interest in the issue beforehand by allowing hedge funds to trade on the expected share movements.
Thus, in well-perfused tissues, hemoglobin will absorb a large part of the light energy.
Then under suitable illumination they absorb a large amount of light (Fig. 1(b)).
