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Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
The oil painting from 1784 captures a slice of daily life: a woman and boy engrossed in reading as other schoolchildren look on.
—María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
To that end, the ghost-story elements that recur throughout the novel, like that mysterious and unseen catamount, are both engrossing reading and thematically fitting.
—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
On Monday, the Booksmart actress, 31, shared a post on her Instagram Story, showing her son Kingston, 3, engrossed in the movie Singin’ in the Rain.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
Last summer, Teamsters and UPS were engrossed in intense bargaining for a new labor contract to represent some 340,000 workers nationwide.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2024
Twin Peaks engrosses its viewers in the titular town, where, amidst its eccentric citizens, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper investigates the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer.
—James Mercadante and Johnny Loftus, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2023
And that lingering feeling that the roles of the one taking advantage and the one being used could be easily redrawn within the walls of the stylish home is what turns Lin’s debut into engrossing brain-tickler.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
Rio de Janeiro may have been engrossed in ‘Carnaval’ festivities in recent days, but as the sun sets on one of the worlds biggest parties, the Brazilian football season continues to move through its early stages, teasing what is sure to be a mouth-watering Série A campaign in 2024.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
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“Engross.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engross. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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engross
transitive verb
Congressional RecordNote: A bill or resolution is engrossed in the Congress and some state legislatures before its third reading and final passage by one of the legislative houses.
Anglo-French engrosser to put (a legal document) in final form, from Medieval Latin ingrossare, from in grossam (put) into final form, literally, (written) in large (letter)
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