preoccupied

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Nvidia’s customers are less concerned today with training large AI models—what GPUs are best at—and more preoccupied with running them and generating big profits from end-users.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Yet Americans seem to have gotten less worried about nuclear weapons since the Cold War: A Pew poll last year found a public preoccupied by terrorism, climate change, pandemics, and other issues.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Chinese strategists had described the first two decades of the century as a time of opportunity with the United States preoccupied in Afghanistan and Iraq, Stokes said.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

While her classmates were preoccupied with exams, the May ball and where to spend their summers, Franks was worried about making her rent.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Something about his pacing and his preoccupied manner reminded me of Mrs. Maroney at her cellar door, guarding where she’d hidden her loot.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan