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be engaged in

VERB

perform

Synonyms

STRONGEST

achieve act behave complete do execute finish function implement meet observe operate take work

STRONG

comply discharge effect end enforce fulfill move percolate perk react realize satisfy tick transact

WEAK

bring about bring off carry through carry to completion deliver the goods dispose of do justice to do to a turn go that route pull off put through run with the ball take care of business wind up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abstain avoid bear cancel cease create destroy discontinue dodge fail forget give up halt idle ignore keep lose maintain miss neglect stop

STRONG

deny dissuade overlook refuse

WEAK

direct prevent

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“I think that, yes, there was a kind of risk taken by the Iranians, but it doesn’t seem that Iran really wanted to be engaged in a full-scale confrontation with Israel,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

He said he wasn’t happy with it but that “it is what is,” expressing no interest in going after anyone who might be engaged in this behavior.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Every institution must be engaged in the fight because every institution is at risk.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025

Mr Marshall said it was "unclear" how lawyers who knew about this issue in 2010 "could have conscientiously continued to be engaged in the prosecution of postmasters".

From BBC • May 3, 2024

And every spare minute he spent there he wanted to be engaged in chess, hopefully playing with the highest-rated masters in the country.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

be engaged in

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