as in occupies
to hold the attention of
the video game busied the child for hours
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Recent Examples of busies
Silberman also busies himself as chairman of the welcoming committee.
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Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
While the former tracks profits and expectations, the latter busies itself with tangible stuff, from jobs and wages to GDP.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, while Miranda busies herself with building a pageant empire, her husband Ray, a pill-popping nurse, has knocked up the 18-year-old granddaughter of one of his hospice patients.
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Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
While the former tracks profits and expectations, the latter busies itself with tangible stuff, from jobs and wages to GDP.
—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, while Miranda busies herself with building a pageant empire, her husband Ray, a pill-popping nurse, has knocked up the 18-year-old granddaughter of one of his hospice patients.
—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for busies
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The show’s most memorable vignette centers on Thomas Cole’s Course of Empire, a suite of five paintings made between 1833 and 1836 that occupies a large corner at the back of the exhibition.
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The primary suite occupies its own wing and comes complete with dual baths — one with stone and steam, the other with a soaking tub — a sun deck and private coffee bar.
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These are novels about bohemian communities of friends and lovers and artistic collaborators, which is a big part of what interests me about AIDS activism.
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What interests me more is what has changed, which is the very substance of capital.
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That’s what intrigues them about coming to work for a large company that’s constantly evolving.
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The essential nature of magic especially intrigues physicists like Swingle, who hope to use it on a quantum computer to simulate how gravity behaves in situations where general relativity fails.
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This exercise immerses you in the outdoors and encourages you to appreciate even the smallest patches of green.
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Camping in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is an otherworldly experience that immerses you in thousands of years of natural history.
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Part of Exemplar’s plan to focus more on luxury involves shrinking its footprint, going from around 170 stores last year to just 49 now.
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If the dumping involves hazardous materials, commercial waste or much larger amounts of trash, the offense can be charged as a felony, with fines that can reach $50,000 or more.
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There is something magical about a firefly that fascinates young and old alike.
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There is something about the play Harvey that fascinates me, especially for right now.
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Seed on the ground molds quickly and attracts disease-carrying rodents.
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Tanglewood Park covers 1,100 acres, and attracts about 500,000 people annually to its gardens, golf courses, horse stables and stocked lakes, county officials said.
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And that unsettles and engrosses us.
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“Busies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/busies. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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