preoccupation
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Ternus’s approach to Apple is Jobs-like, down to a preoccupation with small details like screws.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Horror has long been a preoccupation for Boston.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Her preoccupation with archival minutiae fills space that could have been better spent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Obtaining dollars to buy raw materials like oil, flour or rice to then refine and process became Kazin’s chief preoccupation.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026
This sounds as though I bemoan an older time, which is the preoccupation of the old, or cultivate an opposition to change, which is the currency of the rich and stupid.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing preoccupation
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
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And Then There Were None
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