Example Sentences

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The debate over the timing of rate cuts is preoccupying policymakers at several major central banks.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

“What is preoccupying my brain, my everything, is just the fear of what’s going to happen next,” he said in an interview.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2023

This year, another type of explosion is preoccupying me — not the grand orations of our Founding Fathers but Frederick Douglass’ 1852 jeremiad, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2021

How the world deals with the rise of artificial intelligence is something that is preoccupying leading scientists and technologists, some of who worry that it represents a huge threat to humanity.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2015

“What is preoccupying your thoughts to such an alarming extent,” said my companion, flashing at me a smile in which lurked a spice of mischief.

From A Frontier Mystery by Mitford, Bertram