as in preoccupation
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Other sections are also rather belabored, including President Morgan’s preoccupation with the perfect shower and the constant faux cameos of the fake Hugh Jackman.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2025 -
Here is a rundown of the market’s biggest preoccupations.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2025
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Designed to create the kind of complexion makeup artists like her dream of—and prep the skin for better product absorption—Patinkin’s tools pair stainless-steel safety blades with an ergonomic handle made out of wheat-straw bioplastic.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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This can help slow down the absorption of nutrients from food while not changing the amount of nutrients being absorbed.1 There's little evidence that taking fiber supplements after a meal can prevent gas and bloating.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
20 Mar. 2025
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The museum is home to art created after 1950 in various mediums and galleries organized by concepts and movements such as pop art, minimalism and abstraction. 700 Prospect St., La Jolla.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Inaugural shows alone are devoted to the arts of Africa, the work of Renoir, geometric abstraction, and British artist Isaac Julien’s nine-screen video-installation tribute to Bo Bardi.—
Andrew Sessa,
Robb Report,
15 Mar. 2025
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At the time, the outlet also claimed that the two attended daily meditation sessions.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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One of the best LPs of that year, the music explored our ongoing ecological emergency, mustering up personal meditations from inside the climate crisis.—
Sheldon Pearce,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Absentmindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absentmindedness. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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