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busyness

[biz-ee-nis] / ˈbɪz i nɪs /


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Siad compared his recruiting efforts to fishing: “In This busyness I feel like fisherman some time I cache quick , some time no fish.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The "noises, the bustling nature of a school – the busyness, all the classes walking around" make it a "real challenge" for those with sensory needs, she says.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

But the location’s busyness, congestion and crowding — it’s in one of the most overcrowded neighborhoods in the country — worried her.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

Yet in the opaque world of the royal family, the busyness of a monarch’s calendar is often the best clue to his well-being.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024

The large courtyard was sunlit and humming with busyness, as twelve women sat at large frames making bobbin lace.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook




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