attentive
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"How can I do that while also being there for my kids and attentive to them? I don't have an answer."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Markets will be very attentive to clues for September, which features updated forecasts,” analysts at KBC Bank said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Until we understand the full picture, we can’t responsibly predict a timeline or outcome. What we can promise is thorough, attentive care every step of the way.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Benjamin Myers’s introduction to “The Spire” is the most useful: clear, attentive to structure, properly alert to the novel’s historical and symbolic dimensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
He was crazy about his kids, and when he was in Seattle he was an unusually attentive father, but climbing regularly took him away from home for months at a time.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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