In general, possibly it might absorb kids in lockdown (1-8)

I believe the answer is:

e-learning

'it might absorb kids in lockdown' is the definition.

'in general possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in'+'general'='ingeneral'
'ingeneral' is an anagram of 'E-LEARNING'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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