as in preoccupation
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During this period, the concept of immortality—the physical departure from human society and the achievement of eternal life—became a national preoccupation.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025 -
Johnson’s appearance, however, occurred not in the current wave of federal overreach but in May of 1935, amid a feverish preoccupation with communism in academia.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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The fiber in fruit slows digestion and the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream, which helps reduce post-meal blood sugar levels.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
12 June 2025
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This is due to a loss of the hormone estrogen, which can decrease calcium absorption in the body.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
11 June 2025
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This time, Sumner elevated his speech to a higher level of abstraction to propound on the historical meaning and ontology of the Civil War.—
Zaakir Tameez
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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In contrast, the more levels of abstractions away (for example, solving the problems of someone who reports to someone who reports to a department who reports to the CEO), the riskier working on that problem is.—
Ray Zhou,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Her guiding principle, the high-low mix, is in full effect: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., on Hillary Clinton; Daphne Merkin on S & M. There are portraits by Annie Leibovitz and a meditation on Princess Diana.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
15 June 2025
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Treatments range from Watsu (water therapy) to guided meditation, nutrition consults, and Reiki.—
Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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“Absentmindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absentmindedness. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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