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attachment

[uh-tach-muhnt] / əˈtætʃ mənt /




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“Don’t get too far down a path of attachment with anyone before you think about who you are and what you want,” Bobby says.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

The next week, Clark sent Epstein an email with an attachment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Part of the issue, he explains, is that initial assumptions around attachment theory have evolved since it was first developed.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

First developed in the 1950s by British psychiatrist John Bowlby, attachment theory suggests that the bonds we form with early caregivers shape our expectations of relationships.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

“Now make an attachment with your spinnerets, hurl yourself into space, and let out a dragline as you go down!”

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

I am loath to disclaim the power that comes with symbols such as the flag, words such as freedom, and the attachments that adhere to foundational inheritances such as, yes, the Constitution.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

It asked the public to "dismiss any message that you have recently received from our account and that is unusual, especially if it contains links, attachments or requests personal information".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The turn-of-the-century molds in his studio — which use botanic motifs, blossoming forms with metallic winged and floral attachments — look like desk toppers fit for an early 1900s eccentric obsessed with Darwinism and industrialization.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

Other sports teams benefit from shared emotional attachments.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

The professors rename the papers, so Lisa Smith gets back a dozen attachments named “smith.doc.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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