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attentive

[uh-ten-tiv] / əˈtɛn tɪv /




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The Saint Paul Hotel — Overlooking Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, the Saint Paul Hotel delivers old-world elegance with the kind of attentive service that’s increasingly rare.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

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

From Slate • May 24, 2026

“Kafka was a foreigner everywhere, especially in Prague,” Maïa Hruska writes in her absorbing book, “Kafkaesque,” which receives a fittingly attentive translation from the French by Sam Taylor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Priorities include ensuring access to justice within the courtroom, partly by “being attentive to language and cultural barriers.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Even worse, this trend may be due partly to the fact that burdens an attentive reader with ten words, seven levels, and more than two dozen branches.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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