as in preoccupation
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absentmindedness
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Apart from preferred temperature, pros are quick to note that preoccupations with visual perception turn into questions about service.—
Jessi Roti,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 May 2025 -
People generally have higher trust in information sources close to home and greater skepticism about institutions such as the government in Washington and the national media that are far removed from their day-to-day preoccupations.—
Karlyn Bowman,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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By 2011, Jones was painting commercial acoustic panels like monochromes, suggesting visual as well as sonic absorption.—
Caitlin Woolsey,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Maintain healthy soil to allow for the best water absorption.—
Amelia Martin,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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Their poll measured everything from favorite color to painting size to preferences for realism or abstraction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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For example, Johnson has embraced what art historians call gestural abstraction, a spontaneous style of smearing, pouring or dribbling paint on canvas, pioneered by artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, who also incorporated figures into his expressive technique.—
Jacoba Urist,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 June 2025
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But plenty of tech leaders have emphasized the importance of meditation and mindfulness—including Twitter co-founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey, who often goes on meditation retreats.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
31 May 2025
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Then one day, her former cohost Jenna Bush Hager suggested breath work and meditation to combat stress.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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“Absentmindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absentmindedness. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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