raptness

noun

as in application

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  1. application
  2. consciousness
  3. consideration
  4. awareness
  5. preoccupation
  6. obsession
  7. fixation
Noun
  • Environment Secretary Angela Eagle will decide on the application, which would be the first such ban since May 2006.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The parasites have performed well under lab conditions but transitions to practical application must be handled with extreme care.
    — Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of application
Noun
  • In the comics, a Lantern’s ring has several powers in the ballpark of creating physical objects out of light and pure will, but none of them to date — save for John, in one specific story — have been able to store someone’s consciousness.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The cataclysm is indelibly seared into La Guaira’s collective consciousness.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of consciousness
Noun
  • But others warrant consideration over the season’s final six weeks.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Kurz said that the field team put careful consideration into selecting each site.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of consideration
Noun
  • The accessory resembles the yellow Livestrong wristband, part of a cancer awareness campaign launched by cyclist Lance Armstrong’s foundation.
    — Andrew Jones, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Trade shows, intimate satellite gatherings, and virtual conferences serve as critical infrastructure for product launches, brand awareness, and business development.
    — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of awareness
Noun
  • For centuries, getting lost was a major preoccupation—something that could prove life-changing, even life-ending.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Sleep specialists call it orthosomnia, a preoccupation with hitting perfect sleep numbers that ends up sabotaging the sleep itself.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of preoccupation
Noun
  • For King, the film represented an opportunity to not just translate her online charisma into feature acting, but to reclaim some of the power that can disappear when a creator becomes the object of someone else’s obsession.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The brand hit shelves as consumers’ obsession with protein was kicking into high gear.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of obsession
Noun
  • Despite the rabid fixation upon the concept of trans women in sports, those who beat the drum the loudest for exclusive policies rarely seem to care about trans people themselves.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But there was a kind of bemusement with our fascination with the Wild West and our fixation on cowboys, and a sense that America has gone off the rails.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of fixation
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