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as in to disturb
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
distracted by the looming tax deadline
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as in diverting
to draw the attention or mind to something else
we were distracted from our discussion by the noise outside
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as in bothering
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
distracted by the looming tax deadline
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as in confounding
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Recent Examples of distracting
William Arruda, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The Democrats view this story as nothing more than an attempt to distract from the accomplishments and achievements of this administration.
—Julie K Brown, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
In class, Danny continues to be disorderly, challenging Maria’s authority, throwing stuff when angry, completely distracting and even frightening the other students.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Choose a clean, non-distracting background that doesn’t compete with your mug for attention.
—William Arruda, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
In many offices around the world, the growing administrative burden of extensive emails and meetings can distract even highly motivated people from getting things done.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The Democrats view this story as nothing more than an attempt to distract from the accomplishments and achievements of this administration.
—Julie K Brown, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
This combination lends itself to transitions from focus to out of focus and background blur (bokeh) that's smooth and free of distracting elements.
—PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
In class, Danny continues to be disorderly, challenging Maria’s authority, throwing stuff when angry, completely distracting and even frightening the other students.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distracting
Adjective
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Tuesday will go down as one of Boston’s most confounding losses of the season, a 4-3 defeat in 11 innings to the Baltimore Orioles in which the club went 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This is especially perplexing when supermassive black holes are seen in a time when the universe was less than 1 billion years old.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most perplexing mysteries about our solar system and its place in the wider universe.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The preseason play wasn’t encouraging, and Canales’ decision to rest the starters in the exhibition finale looks even more puzzling in hindsight, especially after the offensive group produced three three-and-outs and one touchdown drive.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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One fact of the crime scene grabbed the most attention and remains to this day the most puzzling, tantalizing, and frightening aspect of the discovery of the body.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
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Apple had to claw back key features, including its (very funny but very inaccurate) text message and news app summaries.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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The agent’s outputs could be inaccurate, irrelevant or even risky, negatively impacting ROI.—
Manosiz Bhattacharyya,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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He was found dead lying face up on his hotel bed with no signs of trauma, according to a Monday report from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.—
Kenan Draughorne,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2022
Adjective
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Her executive order granting indefinite authority to the president to occupy her city is especially bewildering.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The characters aren’t fully formed, and the dialogue is bewildering.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This approach is unreliable because the proxy materials, like volcanic rock, might have been changed by geological processes or created long after the eggs were laid, resulting in incorrect age estimates.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Poor labor management can also result in longer wait times, incorrect orders and ultimately negative reviews, directly impacting revenue.—
Jeff Kiesel,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Businesses/nominees cannot obtain votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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After a long process of validating legitimate claims and tossing out the ones that were fraudulent or duplicative, Angeion, the company in charge of distributing the payments, has finished its calculations determining how much each individual will get as payments go out starting this month.—
Alix Martichoux,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Distracting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distracting. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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