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Recent Examples of absentmindedness
Some of her absentmindedness in that situation can be attributed to the sleep deprivation that accompanies life as new parent.
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for absentmindedness
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And there was a strange preoccupation with running out of time, even though the show ended a good 15 minutes early as if the performers didn’t understand their own timeline.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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Protein preoccupations The protein obsession continued throughout 2025, spilling far beyond shakes and bars into everyday foods and drinks.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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Samsung designed the sensor to push physical limits while maintaining strong light absorption and signal accuracy.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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This could be easily written off as the financial mismanagement of youth, but taken as a whole, Gen Z’s outlook on the economy is at once a rejection of conventional wisdom and a deep, almost subconscious absorption of the commodification of everything.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
10 Jan. 2026
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Others concern the conventions of painting itself (such as the formal polarities flatness/perspective and abstraction/figuration) or the genres of the medium.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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Love—an abstraction, note, nonexistent outside specific relation—is a powerful surge of primal energy, of consciousness.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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There is little pre-meditation for his decisions; even his love for Donati comes about by surprise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Practice mindfulness and relaxation techniques, such as meditation, yoga, and deep breathing exercises.—
Laura Dorwart,
Verywell Health,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Absentmindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absentmindedness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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