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Example Sentences

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He advised the public that "if you see a curlew with colour rings on, please pay close attention and report them to the authorities".

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Wall Street is paying close attention to these updates ahead of a potential initial public offering from Anthropic, which some think will come before the year ends.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Left to their own devices, they made enough progress in car infotainment systems that Silicon Valley began paying very close attention.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

A clear example of this has been the close attention paid by Wall Street to that odds that correctly predicted the Supreme Court’s ruling in February against President Trump’s emergency use of tariffs.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

I paid close attention to Nancy’s mother, a pretty, dark-skinned woman, sitting up front in all black.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds