preoccupation

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

So what’s the catalyst for his noteworthy preoccupation with masculinity and all these archetypal characters who embody its antiquated themes?

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

For the retired—and sometimes delusional and occasionally demented—residents of the Boroughs, mortality is already a preoccupation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

In adopting the term ‘theory’ the scientists were thus freeing themselves from the philosophers’ preoccupation with truth in so far as it implied knowledge of causes and of what Aristotelian philosophers called substances, or forms.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Co-directors Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas Vignale find a timeless and strikingly solemn protagonist in Barria, whose perceptive eyes take in the world while concealing his preoccupations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

But the preoccupations among the conquistadores are plunder, religious conversions or, in Magellan’s case, an impulse to bring the world to his feet by making it navigable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

But in demonstrating, if inadvertently, that even he couldn’t escape what Mr. Oliver calls the “obsessions, preoccupations, and mental loops that grip us so tightly,” the psychologist provided an important service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 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 spite of her preoccupations Mary Debenham smiled.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie