Sentence examples for equipped to absorb from inspiring English sources

Most of the elderly population is not equipped to absorb higher medical costs.

It's a blow no other club in baseball is equipped to absorb quite like Washington.

Low-income Social Security beneficiaries are not equipped to absorb cuts in benefits that a switch to a chained consumer price index would entail; on the other hand, according to the centrist Tax Policy Center, raising the cap on income subject to the payroll tax could completely cover Social Security costs into the foreseeable future without reducing benefits.

Namely, that the Yankees are a team whose fortunes will most likely remain tied to its ability to hit the ball out of the park, and that the Mets, until they can find reliable offense, are not a team particularly equipped to absorb errors in the field.

Because the public sector is already facing reduced funding, it may not be adequately equipped to absorb any surges in demand, and the result may be a worsening in quality of care.

The world's biggest economies have been developing rules that would require banks to hold more capital and be better equipped to absorb losses when financial conditions sour.

He betrayed some of America's most advanced espionage technology, and handed over so many documents that his Israeli handlers had to equip a secure Washington apartment with a high-speed photocopier and photographic equipment to absorb it all.

In reflecting on the 2008 season, Tedy Bruschi, a linebacker on that team, said he thought they were well-equipped to absorb Brady's injury because of the organizational philosophy that Belichick advocated: he never overemphasized the importance of an individual, a practice that his players recognized, appreciated and responded to when starters were inevitably hurt.

Naturally, Samsung too is well-equipped to absorb regulatory fines as it gets hit with them — revenues for the chaebol as a whole continue to account for nearly a fifth of South Korea's GDP, with a considerable chunk of that coming from its lucrative (and prolific) consumer electronics division.

If this gap continues to increase and is exacerbated by migration, some fear an uncontrollable flood of rural residents to cities ill-equipped to absorb it.

The general idea behind many of the initiatives is to have the M.T.A. take over functions that city officials think the authority is better equipped to deal with on a statewide scale, and at the same time, absorb some or all of the costs.