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attentive

[uh-ten-tiv] / əˈtɛn tɪv /




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It prompts me to be less attentive, because I perceive the notetaker as a safety net.

From Slate • May 24, 2026

Since becoming a mother, keepers said she had settled "beautifully" into her new role, and was proving to be "calm, attentive and content", while trusting her keepers to be nearby but not too close.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

It also spoke to who Kiara was as a person, family members said: beautiful, warm, thoughtfully attentive to details and focused on the things that matter most.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Policymakers will need to be attentive to accelerating wage demands should the jobless rate remain low, which would support the ECB raising rates regardless of the underlying damage to the economy, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Holmes seemed inordinately attentive to Gertie and Julia.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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