preoccupation
Example Sentences
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The jobs report may overshadow the market’s recent preoccupation on just how much artificial intelligence will damage the growth prospects for software and other industries.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026
Those commanders described Smith’s preoccupation with the daily crime report, which provides the public a daily tally of nine felony offenses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
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
I would have leaped to collaborate with her on any project, but fortunately nuclear Armageddon is also a preoccupation of mine.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
To exaggerate a bit, the one-in-eleven figure is a little like saying that nine out of ten people will develop age spots, which doesn’t mean it should be a major preoccupation of thirty-year-olds.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing preoccupation
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
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