as in engaged
involved in often constant activity
the boy is constantly occupied, usually with sports or schoolwork
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as in interested
to hold the attention of
a puzzle will occupy that child for hours
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Recent Examples of occupied
Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
In early 2023, Greenpeace activists boarded and occupied a Shell floating production, storage and offloading vessel while it was being transported in the Atlantic Ocean.
—Chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Before that, the location was occupied by 42 Grams, which had a Michelin star.
—Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
With the other champions occupied, Lopez emerges as Ennis's most viable opponent.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
At some campuses, administrators got tough with the protesters, cleared out the sprawling encampments and disciplined or even arrested the student demonstrators who occupied and fortified them.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
In both Syria and occupied Ukraine, Russia has deliberately backed or created regimes that have not merely sought to repress opponents but have also gone out of their way to demonstrate flagrant disregard for human rights and the rule of law, ideas that Putin claims belong to the past.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
The Monday event was held in Baptist Health College's simulation laboratory -- a hospital ward populated with a dozen or so beds occupied by mannequins.
—Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 22 Oct. 2024
During this one, the collective thought of those in the pressbox was that 20,000 to 25,000 seats were occupied by air.
—Terence Moore, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
Huckabee has advocated for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank, which Israel occupied in 1967, and has backed Israeli settlers in the territory.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
In early 2023, Greenpeace activists boarded and occupied a Shell floating production, storage and offloading vessel while it was being transported in the Atlantic Ocean.
—Chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Before that, the location was occupied by 42 Grams, which had a Michelin star.
—Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
With the other champions occupied, Lopez emerges as Ennis's most viable opponent.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
At some campuses, administrators got tough with the protesters, cleared out the sprawling encampments and disciplined or even arrested the student demonstrators who occupied and fortified them.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
In both Syria and occupied Ukraine, Russia has deliberately backed or created regimes that have not merely sought to repress opponents but have also gone out of their way to demonstrate flagrant disregard for human rights and the rule of law, ideas that Putin claims belong to the past.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
The Monday event was held in Baptist Health College's simulation laboratory -- a hospital ward populated with a dozen or so beds occupied by mannequins.
—Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 22 Oct. 2024
During this one, the collective thought of those in the pressbox was that 20,000 to 25,000 seats were occupied by air.
—Terence Moore, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupied
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Now in their 30s, Bieber is married to model Hailey Bieber, and Gomez recently became engaged to music producer Benny Blanco.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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According to the report, women are the most engaged TV audience.Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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After a slow and frustrating start to the week missing out on Juan Soto and Fried, the Red Sox were busy on Wednesday.Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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The park has been gradually reopening since July 2022, and weekends are busy enough that rangers urge visitors to make parking reservations at least a day ahead (details below).Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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And they should be immersed in the interviewing process to find the best person for the job.Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
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With the ability to see through the eyes of the robot, hear its environment, and even talk in their own voice, operators are fully immersed.Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
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But the Mets had indicated to Holmes during their meeting with him that they were intrigued by his potential as a starting pitcher.Will Sammon, The Athletic, 7 Dec. 2024
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If the hostel employee was intrigued by this unidentified man, then so were many others who caught a better glimpse of him.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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Some 20 years later, another Times writer, sounding like an anti-DEI whiner, wrote approvingly about diligent Indians grateful for free schooling and medical services, and disapprovingly about the Indians who weren’t.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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The co-worker said the baby’s father was a diligent worker but somewhat odd.Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Add vitamin K Vitamin D is involved in bone metabolism, notably by increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, and indirectly of phosphorus.Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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There are big dollar deductions involved here.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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As a young child, Johnson was fascinated by books.Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Pop culture has been fascinated with revisiting the music and fashion of the late ’90s and early 2000s for much of the past year.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Occupied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupied. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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