The phrase "absorb a significant amount" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the capacity to take in or retain a large quantity of something, such as information, energy, or resources.
Example: "The sponge can absorb a significant amount of water, making it ideal for cleaning tasks."
Alternatives: "take in a considerable quantity" or "retain a substantial amount".
The treasurer, Joe Hockey, said earlier that the financial implications would be dealt with in the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook document and the defence budget had "the capacity to absorb a significant amount of these sorts of costs".
While an undeveloped site is able to absorb a significant amount of rainfall, impermeable surfaces like buildings and parking lots greatly increase the amount and speed of storm water flowing through and off the site, raising the risk of flooding.
Nonlinear Energy Sinks (NESs) have recently received increasing attention from researchers because of their capability to passively absorb a significant amount of energy over a wide range of frequencies.
They can further absorb a significant amount of the wound exudates by swelling in fast curing of the wound.
"Even though it moves around and will touch the player when the ball hits them, it will absorb a significant amount of energy".
Although batteries have low power capacity on a unit basis, the large bank of batteries required by a hybrid bus will still be able to deliver and absorb a significant amount of power in a short time.
Today's involves an adult nappy – or possibly a pair of rapidly tailored shorts, it really is best not to ask, although the project absorbs a significant amount of office stress until it is ultimately abandoned.
While Earth's surface absorbs a significant amount of thermal radiation because of the blanketing effect of the atmosphere, it loses even more through its own emission and thus experiences a net loss of long-wave radiation.
The executive contended that the price increase will not achieve full recovery of these higher costs, and as a con sequence the company will be absorbing a significant amount of recent higher wages, higher transportation and material costs and higher taxes.
This design avoids the constraints due to the use of a quartz scintillation window for GPSC photosensor coupling, which absorbs a significant amount of scintillation and is a drawback for applications where large detection areas and high filling pressures are needed.
As a result bow forces are usually estimated by assuming rigid offshore structures although it is commonly agreed that this simplification may not lead to accurate predictions of the contact force between ship and platform as the structural deformation of the platform also absorbs a significant amount of impact energy.
