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Read the risk disclosures, projected returns, debt terms, assumptions, fees and conflicts of interest carefully — and pay attention to how long your $350,000 is locked up.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Commentators described it as a classic example of the so-called "Streisand effect" -- in which an attempt to hide something draws even greater attention to it.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
“They’ve got to try to both win over people who have been paying attention, but also introduce themselves to the ones who haven’t been paying attention,” Smidt said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
However, previous research has often paid less attention to how different immune cell populations change over time as diabetic wounds progress through different stages of healing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
He picked up the chalk, pointed at the blackboard, and wrote a large, crooked A. Turning in her big chair, Little Britches gave him all her attention.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
As the World Cup approaches its end, attentions are turning towards the 2026-27 club season - and who could be on the move this summer.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
He launched an attempt to breed pandas in captivity but, to his despair, London's Chi Chi repeatedly spurned the attentions of Moscow's An An.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Later he fastens his attentions on an unthreatening neighbor and his daughter, who has a crush on Frank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Instead of courting major movie roles, the actor has instead focused his attentions on more independent projects while also building a family with Song, who he met in 2014.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
Actually, they seemed more interested in me than in anything else; I was not bothered by their attentions and parried all of their questions blithely until the\' at last grew rather personal.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing attention
"Scary Tales," Vocabulary from the essay
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"Kids Are Inventors, Too"
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ion, -tion, -ation
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