preoccupied
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Investors have been preoccupied with Muse’s impressive adoptions stats.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The shift reflects the priorities of younger voters, who see the economy and the worsening security situation with China as bigger concerns than the battles over bases that preoccupied their parents and grandparents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
In June, I became briefly preoccupied with the question of what kind of reader I intended to be that summer.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Bush, 48, of Otley in West Yorkshire, was "preoccupied with his own enrichment", defrauded nearly 200 families out of £562,117 and "caused anguish and pain on a scale beyond comprehension", the judge said.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Bailey wanders down curving paths, his mind preoccupied with bottles full of mysteries.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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