as in immersion
a focusing of the mind on something
my engrossment in the video game made me lose track of time
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Recent Examples of engrossment
As glamorous contestants prepared for the annual Miss Universe Pageant, and competed for their countries on an international stage in the sport of beauty, a few notable changes were made to the competition that have garnered global engrossment.
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Essence, 21 Nov. 2025
Simply through Burnley’s engrossment with Rogers, Villa had a two-vs-two on the other two centre-backs.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Humanity's engrossment with giant underwater creatures has spawned an entire subgenre of books and movies.
—Nikolas Lanum, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2023
Mixed and even negative opinions can serve as control rods for the fission of overly pious engrossment.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
Religion reminded a commercially minded people about the things of the spirit and prevented them from succumbing to an excessive engrossment in material things.
—Daniel J. Mahoney, National Review, 23 Sep. 2020
Essence, 21 Nov. 2025
Simply through Burnley’s engrossment with Rogers, Villa had a two-vs-two on the other two centre-backs.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Humanity's engrossment with giant underwater creatures has spawned an entire subgenre of books and movies.
—Nikolas Lanum, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2023
Mixed and even negative opinions can serve as control rods for the fission of overly pious engrossment.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
Religion reminded a commercially minded people about the things of the spirit and prevented them from succumbing to an excessive engrossment in material things.
—Daniel J. Mahoney, National Review, 23 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engrossment
Noun
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Centered on the filmmaker’s brother, a Chinese gangster living in Spain, the debut feature offers a rare immersion into a world more frequently explored through fiction than documentary.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Trane completed the full acquisition of LiquidStack in March 2026, adding direct-to-chip and immersion cooling to an already formidable thermal management portfolio.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Companies are required, under threat of criminal penalties, to bring new information to the government’s attention.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Lawyers who represent Silicon Valley’s biggest AI firms are paying attention.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Flick’s team kept another clean sheet and maintained concentration throughout — something which had been lacking at times this season.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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However, its concentration is too low to make extraction easy and economically feasible.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Engrossment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engrossment. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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