attachment
Example Sentences
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Farr acknowledges that her children’s deep attachment to the family home has made it difficult to let go of the property.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Many of the fossils display unusual combinations of features, such as tentacles, stalks, attachment discs, and feeding structures that could be turned inside out.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
UC Santa Cruz’s “Visualizing Abolition” project, designed to “shift the social attachment to prisons through art and education,” has received almost $8 million from Mellon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
It would be several more weeks before I was ready to release my attachment to Jesse.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
He loved Nurse Duckett’s serene, flattered response, the sense of attachment to him she displayed proudly.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing attachment
The Circuit
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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