The phrase "absorb the impact of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one entity is taking on or mitigating the effects of a force, event, or situation.
Example: "The new safety features in the car are designed to absorb the impact of a collision, protecting the passengers inside."
Alternatives: "mitigate the effects of" or "buffer against the impact of".
Some people advocate insoles to absorb the impact of running, but this is not proven.
I tried to absorb the impact of this extraordinary masterpiece and pondered, as I have done since, on that last comment of his.
"Tree trunks cannot shift a few inches to absorb the impact of a car door swinging open or a bicycle pedal scraping the bark," Mr. Garvey said.
Unlike frogs elsewhere, which absorb the impact of a jump with their front legs, New Zealand frogs, when they hop, come down in a sort of belly flop.
The roof will have two layers to absorb the impact of mortars or rockets, which still occasionally land in the Green Zone.
Those buildings are fortresslike structures of steel and reinforced concrete, designed to absorb the impact of a plane crash and minimize radiation leaks.
In an essay in 1998, he replied to claims that global warming was a myth, declaring that the real myth was that "natural resources and the ability of the earth's habitable regions to absorb the impacts of human activities are limitless".
Farmers were largely able to absorb the impacts of the eruption, with some government assistance, without having to alter their long-term farming practices.
Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL), with its indigenous approach of linearly relating dT (near-surface temperature gradient) with Ts across the imagery, maintained that this approach would absorb the impacts of differences between Ts and To.
Bending your knees will help you to absorb the impacts of rough terrain as well as be in a better position to make a quick turn.
The committee fell silent as they absorbed the impact of that statement.
