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as in engaged
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as in concerned
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as in intrigued
to hold the attention of
the book didn't interest me, so I ended up watching the parade of people on the sidewalk
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interested parties
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interested buyers
interested citizens
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Recent Examples of interested
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
Democrats will put up a challenger for the general election, and there could be a GOP primary if other Republicans are interested.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2024
Søgaard says the company's footprint is predominantly in Europe, North America and South America and that the company is interested in acquisitions there or in some of its newer markets like India.
—Kerry Flynn, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
These people, and many other Americans, weren’t interested in the politics of joy that Kamala Harris and the other law school grads were offering.
—David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Neither number is anything to brag about, but performance isn’t why anyone is interested in this Land Rover.
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GovTech clients are some of the most engaged customers out there.Wietse Van Ransbeeck, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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That points to a huge push among the young male demographic to be both engaged and conservative.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Scott isn’t concerned about how a crackdown on immigration might affect him or other farms his size or larger.Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Many are now concerned that Netflix will have the same issues when the NFL heads to the streamer for the first time on Christmas.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Yet even these arbiters of digital trends seemed genuinely intrigued.Jackie Snow, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
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Yet the challenge intrigued the architects, and Simeray went to look at the space in person.Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2024
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In 1986, Ross Chapman, a researcher at the University of Victoria in Canada, became involved in examining the data from that experiment.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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Large Chinese banks tightened transactions with Russia in response to sanctions pressures, but at the same time numerous Chinese cut-outs and smaller banks became involved in creating ways to end-run them.Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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From the ages of 5 to 15, I was captivated by baseball cards, fascinated by their value appreciation and the prospect of selling them.Noel Burgess, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Gold coins through history Researchers and enthusiasts have always been fascinated by the discovery of gold.Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2024
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Game 1 peaked with 17.8 million viewers at around the same time Yankees manager Aaron Boone made the quizzical decision to send in long-dormant starter Nestor Cortes to face Shohei Ohtani with one out in the bottom of the 10th.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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With his guitar held high and against his chest, his eyebrows cocked in that way that could be quizzical or menacing depending upon the setting, Matthews unleashed his quirky vocals.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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Experts recommend people avoid eating or handling bush meat—or to thoroughly cook it before consumption—and to avoid caves and mines that might be occupied by bats to minimize the risk of catching and spreading the virus.Robert Hart, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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But the forging of the rings and the relationship between those two ought to have been the focus of the first season, while their schism and ultimate war could have occupied this season.Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Performance shorts and compression T-shirts are a far cry from polyester regeneration but that’s the world that Patrik Frisk is immersed in now.Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
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What a treat to feel like we were almost immersed in the performance.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Interested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interested. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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