attachments

Example Sentences

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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 • Feb. 12, 2026

Transportation Department officials have had to take snowplow attachments off some of their trucks and add crash cushions to block roads for crowd control during protests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

"What we show is that CENP-E doesn't contribute significantly to the movement itself. Its crucial role is stabilizing end-on attachments at the start. That is what allows the system to proceed correctly."

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

Or maybe you are looking for the excitement of a big city where English is widely spoken, have no family attachments and enjoy seasonal weather.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025

Preventing unwanted attachments, as we have just seen, is one reason.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker