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attention

[uh-ten-shuhn, uh-ten-shuhn] / əˈtɛn ʃən, əˌtɛnˈʃʌn /




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"So immediately my attention turned to the weakest member of the trio. And that was that," he told Newshour.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Rolling around on the floor, isolating different parts of my body, making it as dramatic as possible, and working it into a circle of attention that felt real.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Equity Bookbuild External link is part of the market infrastructure that receives little attention.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Sometimes just being bigger and better isn’t enough to get the attention something deserves, even if it’s in an AI-adjacent business.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Katrien and Annaliese could not understand any more than I could Peter’s deliberately doing something that would attract the attention of the authorities.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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