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Meanings of preoccupy in English

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Usage of preoccupy in English
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Let's draw up a list of things which preoccupy children these days.
The Irish Times
2
Issues of equity in clinical research preoccupy Western ethicists and public-health officials.
The new yorker
3
And certainly he had enough to excite and preoccupy him just now.
The Clique of Gold
4
Those latter issues are crucial, certainly, and preoccupy every Times staffer every day.
Reuters
5
Economic stimulus, IMF funding and financial market reform will also preoccupy the gathering.
Reuters
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The latter prevention and pre-emption strategies will also preoccupy Wednesday's summit.
The Guardian
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But it did not preoccupy every government department as Brexit does.
The Guardian
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He needed something that would preoccupy his thoughts totally and utterly.
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
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But at the moment he had other things to preoccupy him.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
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He had more than enough of those to preoccupy his attentions.
Si'Wren of the Patriarchs
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This, he calculated, would preoccupy Cornwallis, and prevent him moving.
Deeds that Won the Empire / Historic Battle Scenes
12
We never dreamt it would preoccupy our lives as much.
The South African
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In short, diet and exercise will preoccupy the minds of a large number of people.
The Irish Times
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I wasn't afraid of the repercussions; he couldn't afford to preoccupy himself with punishing me.
Song of the Nile
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The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan now preoccupy her.
The Guardian
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Ghanim, however, was preoccupied by thoughts of his house and his goods.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
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