attentive
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Benjamin Myers’s introduction to “The Spire” is the most useful: clear, attentive to structure, properly alert to the novel’s historical and symbolic dimensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Until we understand the full picture, we can’t responsibly predict a timeline or outcome. What we can promise is thorough, attentive care every step of the way.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
"This kind of predictive coding is something we associate with being awake and attentive, yet it's happening here in an unconscious state," said Dr. Benjamin Hayden, professor of neurosurgery at Baylor.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
But an attentive reader may discern a darkness in Duchamp that Mr. Strausbaugh seems not to notice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
And Mr. Barris provides an ideal contrast, serious and attentive, keeping the dynamic of the group in balance.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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