attachment
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The workshop begins with a lesson in emotions and attachment.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
He pushed a small tool known as a soil vapor probe, with a long, straw-like attachment, about three to five feet into the earth.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
De Gaulle was unbothered by his distance from Paris, for as the author observes, “his conception of France was an abstract one. He had little emotional attachment to places.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
These products often look frivolous from the outside, but they sit inside a broader ecosystem of monetizable attachment.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
It is as often applied to feelings which arise from a half-hour’s acquaintance, as to a real, strong attachment.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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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