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an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners
she enjoyed her suitor's old-school attentions
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Recent Examples of attentions
As kobolds go, Heinzelmann was more harmless than most, going about his business protecting the castle from giants and dwarves and keeping the staff updated on faerie gossip, as well as protecting the chambermaids from unwelcome attentions from visiting noblemen.
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Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
The rivalry between the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs captured NBA fans’ attentions in the 2000s with both team led by superstars, one an American phenom who starred in the ACC in college and the other a European wunderkind revolutionizing the game.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
After the Christmas festivities conclude, Aruba’s attentions turn to Dande, a tradition whose name derives from the word for to wander in Papiamento, the Creole language that spans the ABC islands of the southern Caribbean.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
Her vitality contrasts interestingly with his reserve — which could make for nice chemistry, but instead results in us largely ignoring him and focusing our attentions on her.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
As the attentions of the younger and chronically online become harder to pin down, Range Media Partners has announced a new division, Awareness Creation, meant to target younger audiences for clients that run the gamut from entertainment to sports to brands.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
By May 2024, her fashion line attracted the attentions of Demi Moore, Bella Hadid, Greta Gerwig and more for Scheufele’s now-annual Cannes couture show at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in France.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
The rivalry between the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs captured NBA fans’ attentions in the 2000s with both team led by superstars, one an American phenom who starred in the ACC in college and the other a European wunderkind revolutionizing the game.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
After the Christmas festivities conclude, Aruba’s attentions turn to Dande, a tradition whose name derives from the word for to wander in Papiamento, the Creole language that spans the ABC islands of the southern Caribbean.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
Her vitality contrasts interestingly with his reserve — which could make for nice chemistry, but instead results in us largely ignoring him and focusing our attentions on her.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
As the attentions of the younger and chronically online become harder to pin down, Range Media Partners has announced a new division, Awareness Creation, meant to target younger audiences for clients that run the gamut from entertainment to sports to brands.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
By May 2024, her fashion line attracted the attentions of Demi Moore, Bella Hadid, Greta Gerwig and more for Scheufele’s now-annual Cannes couture show at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in France.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attentions
Noun
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Navigating the software involves using hand gestures and speech, although the headset also has a button for summoning Google’s Gemini and a touchpad.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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That last credit hints at the show’s bigger thematic goals, most of which skew closer to broad gestures than fresh insights — at least, so far.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Leonora measures out her days in courtesies and slights, the former dominating the beginning of the book, the latter rapidly gaining ground.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Attentions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attentions. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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