as in interested
to hold the attention of
the video game busied the child for hours
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Recent Examples of busied
While their fellow Plums busied themselves with bridal parties and wedding cakes, these girls had political awakenings.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
Appropriately, 19 miles east of their first major trophy lift since the 2021/22 League Cup, City men busied themselves by lifting the FA Cup over Chelsea in what was Pep Guardiola’s 24th visit to Wembley Stadium and his 20th major trophies as City manager.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
Another busied himself writing and rewriting the mundane information on his slate.
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Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
Emma shook her head and busied herself with picking up her waders.
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Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
The department has also busied itself in Minneapolis with prosecuting residents opposed to what federal officials are doing in their city and immigrants trying to flee their pursuers, a tactic seen in other cities targeted for immigration enforcement.
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Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
For the first 12 minutes, the Celtics busied themselves by snapping up free points.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Eventually, though, after the Falcons recovered an onside kick successfully and knelt the rest of the way en route to a 19-17 victory, the family busied themselves jumping up and down, screaming for joy.
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Diamond Vences,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Jan. 2026
So, after the sombrero drew hearty guffaws, my friend Jim busied himself finding monuments to chip-and-dip tastelessness.
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Lee Michael Katz,
USA Today,
20 Dec. 2025
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
Appropriately, 19 miles east of their first major trophy lift since the 2021/22 League Cup, City men busied themselves by lifting the FA Cup over Chelsea in what was Pep Guardiola’s 24th visit to Wembley Stadium and his 20th major trophies as City manager.
—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
Another busied himself writing and rewriting the mundane information on his slate.
—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
Emma shook her head and busied herself with picking up her waders.
—
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
The department has also busied itself in Minneapolis with prosecuting residents opposed to what federal officials are doing in their city and immigrants trying to flee their pursuers, a tactic seen in other cities targeted for immigration enforcement.
—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
For the first 12 minutes, the Celtics busied themselves by snapping up free points.
—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Eventually, though, after the Falcons recovered an onside kick successfully and knelt the rest of the way en route to a 19-17 victory, the family busied themselves jumping up and down, screaming for joy.
—
Diamond Vences,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Jan. 2026
So, after the sombrero drew hearty guffaws, my friend Jim busied himself finding monuments to chip-and-dip tastelessness.
—
Lee Michael Katz,
USA Today,
20 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for busied
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What interested him was the gap between the performance of power and whatever lives underneath it.
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That’s a cheap and easy analogy, but that’s what interested me to want to make this show.
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Since 1947, the brand has occupied a singular place in the cultural imagination, fusing art, engineering and speed into something that transcends the automobile.
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Some are occupied, and some are not.
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The singer has been immersed in entertainment her whole life.
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This curved gaming monitor sports a 1000R curve that helps you get immersed in your gameplay by wrapping around your peripheral vision.
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Lollichon was the Rennes academy goalkeeping coach whose training sessions had intrigued him from afar.
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We’re intrigued and a little frightened by the Pear Pressure at Gravity Sourdough Pizza, which includes sweet potatoes, goat cheese and maple honey.
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But some of the payments Newsom solicited went to nonprofits Siebel Newsom is involved with, and which have paid her a salary.
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And there's a certain time lapse involved in buying fractional shares.
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About 60 of the items on the list were lifelong dreams or adventures that had always fascinated him.
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Part of what fascinated me about their presentation was not only their refusal to kowtow to male desire, which for decades had a stranglehold on rock aesthetics, but a concomitant disavowal of commercialism.
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“Busied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/busied. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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