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as in employed
involved in often constant activity
I'm engaged right now, so call back some other time
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as in interested
to hold the attention of
the challenging jigsaw puzzle engaged us all evening
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as in pledged
to obligate by prior agreement
we can't go to the dance because we're already engaged to attend a piano recital
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as in hired
to provide with a paying job
the wealthy couple are looking to engage a handyman to take care of the estate
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as in rented
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
my sister and her boyfriend have engaged a chauffeured limousine for the prom
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Recent Examples of engaged
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Employees stay engaged longer, teams navigate setbacks smoothly and leaders make stronger decisions under pressure.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
The couple revealed that they have been engaged since June in an Instagram post.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Tejal Patel, the executive director of Tesla shareholder group SOC Investment Group, said despite the company claiming Musk needs more incentive to stay engaged with Tesla, Musk’s incentives should already align with the company whose shares represent the bulk of his $455 billion net worth.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Employees stay engaged longer, teams navigate setbacks smoothly and leaders make stronger decisions under pressure.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
This, in turn, centers the idea of due process, because only through it can deliberative decisions about identity, guilt, and punishment be properly engaged.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
The couple revealed that they have been engaged since June in an Instagram post.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engaged
Adjective
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Over its long development period, Depraved suffered a drastic budget reduction, but Fessenden’s threadbare resources are mostly outshone by committed performances from David Call as Henry, our narcissistic creator,and Adam (Alex Breaux).—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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Ivins emphasized the same for those like Smith, Williams and Toney, and expects to see more similarly committed youth flourish at the position throughout the remainder of the season.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tommaso di Lampedusa’s novel, which looks at the unification of Italy from the perspective of a 20th-century writer, had a modernity that interested me.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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Since his death more than two hundred years ago, Christophe’s tragic story has interested a broad array of playwrights, artists, novelists, and filmmakers across the world.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Wealthier Americans have been assisted by rising house values, lucrative stock market returns and favorable credit, while lower- and middle-income buyers have faced tighter budgets and have been hit hard by rising inflation.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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Council members faced resident uproar in recent years over issues surrounding zoning, affordable housing and the city’s attempts to build a community center.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
19 Oct. 2025
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This can likely be traced back to Gian Piero Gasperini’s arrival in Serie A with Genoa in 2007, using a back-three system to counteract the prevailing, narrow 4-3-1-2 shape that was commonly employed in Italy.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The report also notes European Social Surveys – tracking public attitudes, beliefs and behavior – which show that there is a 25% chance unemployed people at the lowest levels of jobless benefits will vote for the far right versus 15% for those who are employed.—
Ana Nicolaci da Costa,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Norvell was hired as a contrast to the personally tempestuous and offensively conservative Addazio.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Anthropic also hired senior Biden-era officials to lead its government relations team, Sacks noted.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In normal times, the agency acts like a loving but diligent parent, dispensing money at regular intervals to insure the kids don’t spend it all at once.—
Andy Kroll,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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In recent years, officials have been far more diligent about timekeeping, leading to a rise in the volume of stoppage time played.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One of them was used in an attack on the bridge linking Russia and occupied Crimea in June, the SBU said.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Today, many of them are occupied by a variety of shops, cafes, and antique markets just waiting to be explored.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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The group has also recently encountered pushback in establishing new campus chapters at high schools and colleges in the state, even as requests for new chapters reportedly surged across the nation.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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The clerk said the woman encountered a driver in a silver SUV while walking along the highway, toward the intersection of Cross Prairie Parkway in Kissimmee, according to deputies.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Engaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engaged. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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