preoccupation

Example Sentences

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He has turned the subject of being Israeli into a career-long preoccupation, approached with a sense of queasiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

This preoccupation resurfaces at Regen in a large-scale print of 2023’s “Flight Honolulu to Guam,” revealing a star field above the clouds.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 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

The U.S.-China “electron gap,” as OpenAI now calls it, has become a major preoccupation for American tech leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

That preoccupation has diminished somewhat—or been sublimated— in recent years as we have subscribed to an all-purpose, mass-market version of the American dream, but it hasn’t entirely disappeared.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times