preoccupation

Example Sentences

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Horror has long been a preoccupation for Boston.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 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

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

The preoccupation of all the elephants—not just for the males, but the females who no longer have babies traveling in their extended herds—is mating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

His preoccupation lasted all the way across the sodden vegetable patch until they arrived in greenhouse three, but here he was distracted by Professor Sprout showing the class the ugliest plants Harry had ever seen.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling