preoccupied
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But EV sales — despite being the cash engine fueling Tesla’s massive ambitions — have become less of a concern for investors, who are now preoccupied by Tesla’s robotaxi service.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Since the 2000s the city's planners have been preoccupied with building more utilitarian infrastructure, with new sea bridges and coastal roads, radically transforming how the city looks today.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 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
Maybe I’m betraying my hopeless rationalism, but if I learned of the reality of time travel and “aerial spirits,” I’d be a little more preoccupied by it than Iris seems to be.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 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
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