preoccupation
Example Sentences
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He has turned the subject of being Israeli into a career-long preoccupation, approached with a sense of queasiness.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The jobs report may overshadow the market’s recent preoccupation on just how much artificial intelligence will damage the growth prospects for software and other industries.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026
Those commanders described Smith’s preoccupation with the daily crime report, which provides the public a daily tally of nine felony offenses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
"This research shows us that they might be useful to manage food preoccupation and binge eating, but not in their current form."
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025
That preoccupation has diminished somewhat—or been sublimated— in recent years as we have subscribed to an all-purpose, mass-market version of the American dream, but it hasn’t entirely disappeared.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.