preoccupation
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Deena has an almost stan-like preoccupation with Maddie.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
The preoccupation with sizes, in particular, was something many international fans remarked about when interviewed by the BBC about their reflections on visiting America.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
"People taking these drugs for obesity often describe a quieting of 'food noise,' the persistent preoccupation with food that drives overeating," Al-Aly said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
Her preoccupation with her students and her young son leaves Dick feeling alienated and lonely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Among the hearing’s more sinister features was its preoccupation with an encounter between Oppenheimer and his friend Haakon Chevalier just before work began at Los Alamos.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
“Underneath an artist’s preoccupations with sex, society, religion, etc.,” the narrator insists, “there is a soul tortured beyond endurance by the lack of tenderness in the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
In sum, they open a window into the administration’s ideological preoccupations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Besides appealing to what Disraeli’s later acolytes saw as the people’s inclination to a natural order, it reached around preoccupations with transforming institutions to tap into a deeper conservatism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
It was one of 10 words on a shortlist to reflect the mood, language and preoccupations of 2025.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
In the midst of all his preoccupations, Harry had not forgotten his other ambition: finding out what Malfoy was up to in the Room of Requirement.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing preoccupation
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
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