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Recent Examples of attentively
Two of my cousins, both women in their early 20s, came to sit behind me a few minutes into the interview, watching attentively.
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Eythana Miller,
The Dial,
23 June 2026
At the heart of the company’s ambitious vision for AI lies an enormous expenditure figure that every shareholder should monitor attentively.
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Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
In April, the president traveled to Miami to sit cageside at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, embracing UFC CEO Dana White, his friend and supporter, and watching attentively through the wire as the fighters spilled blood.
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Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
The flock attentively listened to the rules of crime solving from George’s books and put all that deductive reasoning to work when George is found dead.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Horner looked attentively at Strand, but didn’t display any visible sign of emotion.
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Harriet Ramos
may 5,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 May 2026
His exceptionally durable songs have become ingrained in the fabric of American life for many who grew up listening to them, and Tuesday’s audience at The Shell listened attentively and happily swayed along to the music.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
And server Addison Phillips paced my plates attentively at a table another night.
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Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
From my steward remembering my name to a bartender recalling my exact drink order amid a frenzied crowd during a late-night piano show, the staff are plentiful and seem genuinely eager to greet guests attentively, which creates a personalized atmosphere on a ship that is otherwise massive.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Eythana Miller,
The Dial,
23 June 2026
At the heart of the company’s ambitious vision for AI lies an enormous expenditure figure that every shareholder should monitor attentively.
—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
In April, the president traveled to Miami to sit cageside at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, embracing UFC CEO Dana White, his friend and supporter, and watching attentively through the wire as the fighters spilled blood.
—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
The flock attentively listened to the rules of crime solving from George’s books and put all that deductive reasoning to work when George is found dead.
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Horner looked attentively at Strand, but didn’t display any visible sign of emotion.
—
Harriet Ramos
may 5,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 May 2026
His exceptionally durable songs have become ingrained in the fabric of American life for many who grew up listening to them, and Tuesday’s audience at The Shell listened attentively and happily swayed along to the music.
—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
And server Addison Phillips paced my plates attentively at a table another night.
—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
From my steward remembering my name to a bartender recalling my exact drink order amid a frenzied crowd during a late-night piano show, the staff are plentiful and seem genuinely eager to greet guests attentively, which creates a personalized atmosphere on a ship that is otherwise massive.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attentively
Adverb
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The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, which teaches people how to conscientiously object to income levies, reports surging interest in its training sessions.
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An attorney general who cannot conscientiously defend a law owes his clients — the people of Florida — the duty of allowing a surrogate to do it.
Adverb
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In a social media post Saturday afternoon, the Kansas City Police Department wrote that bags that don’t meet the event’s clear bag policy were diverting law enforcement resources, as those bags have to be thoroughly inspected.
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Plan thoroughly, and let structure support freedom.
Adverb
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Anthropic is not the only company taking this seriously.
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The lawsuit also accuses emergency responders and dispatchers of mishandling the aftermath by prioritizing treatment and transport of the deputy over the couple, who were more seriously injured, delaying critical medical care.
Adverb
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Maybe the only thing scarier than the opening scene of The Happening is Mark Wahlberg attempting to earnestly and fearfully talk to a plant.
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And of course there will always be readers who balk at SF, refusing to countenance that our lived reality is saturated with it, and that the time for earnestly realistic state-of-the-nation novels may have passed.
Adverb
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But rather than further ratchet up the stakes in the final minutes, the episode closes with Rosemary exhaustively — and rather hilariously — going over an extensive genealogical document for Tom and Patricia.
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Have these people never read, say, The Feminine Mystique, which exhaustively cataloged the despair of mid-century stay-at-home mothers?
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The novel unfolds like an oral storytelling tradition, driven by a voice that Sarris painstakingly crafted, evoking his conversation with McKay.
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Everything else, no matter how massive in scale or painstakingly rendered, is just sound and fury, not the master nor commander of anything.
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Kevan Harris, an associate professor of sociology at UCLA who has studied the Iranian diaspora, said some of the ardently monarchist Iranians became disillusioned and demobilized when the war’s initial objective of regime change failed.
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Like the tour, the first input meeting garnered significant interest from farmers and residents alike, all of whom are ardently concerned with what the county decides to do with the Ag Reserve.
Adverb
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Megan Swenson, lead stenographer for the Police Department, said her team works with officers and analysts to transcribe the department reports while meticulously reviewing the facts of cases ranging from the highly sensitive violent crimes to routine traffic stops.
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Angela, a high-strung perfectionist, spends the day meticulously preparing dinner and decorating the apartment for the impromptu gathering.
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“Attentively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attentively. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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