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in the field

ADJECTIVE
busy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
active unavailable working
STRONG
buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering slaving snowed swamped
WEAK
already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer
Antonyms
STRONGEST
idle
STRONG
inactive unoccupied
WEAK
lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

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“After 20 years in the field, I don’t know which approach to quantum is going to get there first,” CEO Joe Fitzsimons said in an interview with Barron’s.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

"It's incredible to see how this mystery has slowly unfolded over the years," says Alice Borghese, an ESA Research Fellow specializing in the field of high-energy astrophysics.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

He texted his friend: "First sleep over. I wanted to put him in the field with the cows," but went on to describe Preston as a "ray of sunshine".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

It’s running out of the people who keep planes flying safely and on time—the result of a ticking demographic time-bomb in the field.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Then I remember the lobby of the Department of Magical Science is constantly changing to reflect current breakthroughs in the field.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston