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Recent Examples of attentively
Second, build trust and psychological safety by being open, admitting mistakes, and listening attentively.
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Anna Shields,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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
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
Anna Shields,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Two of my cousins, both women in their early 20s, came to sit behind me a few minutes into the interview, watching attentively.
—
Eythana Miller,
The Dial,
23 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
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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.
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Preparing skeletal specimens for display in museums or for forensic studies requires the bones to be thoroughly cleaned to remove any remaining flesh or soft tissue.
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Mexico completed a thoroughly impressive 2-0 victory over Ecuador to advance to the last 16.
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Futurist, astrophysicist and sci-fi author David Brin pointed to asteroid mining, which several American companies, including AstroForge and TransAstra, are investigating seriously already.
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Things started to seriously unravel a few months into filming for Jackass Forever mid-2020.
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Ukraine's strike campaign started out earnestly in 2024 but has significantly intensified this year, helping Ukraine gain momentum in a grueling war of attrition that has persisted for more than four years since Russia's full-scale invasion.
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The Midjourney company does not promote their device for routine screening of early cancers, although some online enthusiasts earnestly hope this will be the case soon.
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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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Where the most hopelessly corny sayings are painstakingly stitched into the equivalent of cloth graph paper by women who believe in the sayings and give the plaques to people who do not believe in the sayings.
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The mound, which had been bulldozed but painstakingly reconstructed, was eventually destroyed again for residential construction.
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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.
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The hair at the crown and sides is meticulously slicked back, not a flyaway in sight, creating a sleek foundation that lets the intricate braiding take center stage.
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The technicians meticulously remove excess cuticle and dead skin, creating an exceptionally clean nail bed before applying any product.
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“Attentively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attentively. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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