preoccupy
verb (used with object)
to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.
will preoccupy
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future tenseof preoccupy.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“If the Iran situation lingers, it will preoccupy more and more of Congress’ time,” said Stifel Chief Washington Strategist Brian Gardner.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
What will preoccupy us in a century, fuel our ambitions and stir our fears, will probably be something we can’t even imagine today.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
Moreover, the government has just eight months before elections that will preoccupy the main parties.
From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2021
Redefining our new trade relations with the EU will preoccupy us for years.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2020
Not a very high motive, but still the future will preoccupy itself very little with the reasons for which we did things; it will be glad enough if we do them.
From The Intelligence of Woman by Walter Lionel George
