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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepossessed
Adjective
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The result is a fiery and impassioned offering that finds the veteran fully engaged and intent on proving no chinks have been left in his armor despite his tenuous back-and-forth with his Compton counterpart.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
15 May 2026 -
The debate, the back and forth, the unsolicited tags—that is where trust is built in public, where brand affinity becomes visible and where your most engaged audience shows themselves to you.—
Rhea Karo,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Emotional exhaustion can be influenced by structural factors, and decision quality is often associated with these conditions in how information is distributed and processed within a system.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Aya Adachi, an associate fellow at the Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics and Technology of the German Council on Foreign Relations, noted that global automotive competition is being gradually influenced by China’s rapid growth in electric vehicle production.—
Justina Lee,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The property, which sits on three and a half acres in Wilton, Connecticut, had been owned for more than five decades by the president of a regional hosta society who was mostly preoccupied with the landscaping.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
16 May 2026
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Sometimes someone’s sullen or preoccupied or way too wound up.—
Risa Polansky Shiman,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
Verb
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The hospital said the patient’s blood and urine were not processed and were not disposed of using the strictest international protocols required for handling the specific hantavirus strain.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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The agency believes they were disposed of somewhere along a specific route from Spain to Serbia, where David Knezevich is originally from.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2026
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Israel advanced a bill on Tuesday that would expand Israeli civilian authority sweeping authority over antiquities and archaeology in the occupied West Bank, a move that human rights groups warned would lead to the annexation of the Palestinian territory.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
13 May 2026
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Ministers sought to pressure both Hamas and settlers French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the ministers decided to sanction Hamas leaders and both leaders and organizations in the Israeli settler movement in the occupied West Bank.—
Sam McNeil,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Outside of districts that depend on film production, lawmakers may be inclined to stay away from the issue until after the November mid-term elections.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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NoDa and Plaza Midwood draw the creatively inclined, while Myers Park, Eastover and Dilworth offer historic prestige.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Unabsorbed calcium leaves the body through stool, and absorbed calcium that isn't needed may be filtered by the kidneys and leave in urine—often within about a day.—
Sarah Jividen,
Verywell Health,
11 Mar. 2026
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The absorbed or scattered light creates a unique pattern called the spectrum, which is effectively the substance’s fingerprint.—
Ambuj Tewari,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Of course, not all officers were readily convinced.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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If the prover reveals two different colors in response to every challenge, the verifier will eventually be convinced that the prover knows a valid coloring.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
11 May 2026
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“Prepossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepossessed. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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