attentive
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“West of Loveland” is a spacious, patient and endearingly attentive book that seems to operate on its own system of time, one regulated by personal transformations rather than the pressures of the wider world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
I couldn’t entirely determine whether my own disappointing experiences had made me more attentive to these complaints or whether the memes had taught me to regard male shoppers with additional suspicion.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
A.I. large language models are prompt, attentive, positive and frictionless—in short, much easier to deal with than humans with their own needs, wants, and moods.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
“He was an unbelievable class act. He had a tree issue. He had us out, and was so attentive and appreciative, it was just stunning to me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Lora Oker, the owner’s daughter, said Gordon “seemed to be very attentive to his wife.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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