as in preoccupation
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absentmindedness
Noun
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The show’s preoccupation with Lee’s race isn’t incidental.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025 -
New York Film Festival offer a glimpse into the preoccupations guiding our foremost auteurs.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Overloading with iron supplements may lead to stomach ulcers, decreased zinc absorption, or constipation.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
25 Sep. 2025
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Areas impacted by wildfires are more at risk, as the flames can burn the top layer of the soil, preventing absorption and increasing runoff.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Part of the pleasure is how the rayographs wobble between metaphor and utensil, abstraction and figuration.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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So how much abstraction and anti-foot-shooting structure will a sufficiently-advanced coding AI really need?—
Stephen Cass,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An epic meditation on art, faith, and suffering.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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Increasingly, the mobile applications mentioned above are offering mindful movement meditations too.—
Masha Remskar,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Absentmindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absentmindedness. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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