attachment

Example Sentences

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The key is separating emotional attachment from practical need, and reflecting honestly on whether housing costs support current lifestyle rather than past identity.

From MarketWatch

Over time, as people are uprooted from their agricultural communities as industrialisation tears apart people's familiar attachments, individuals become "alienated", he says.

From BBC

In his work, Eastwick argues that desirability is subjective and unpredictable — and that all anyone really wants is a secure attachment bond that sustains them through good and bad seasons.

From Los Angeles Times

That deadly conflagration had left many residents, including those who fled Tehran for safer cities, shaken by the blistering attacks and cemented their attachment to their country.

From BBC

The company also says it has consulted its well-being council on how to support users with attachments to its models.

From The Wall Street Journal