1
as in attention
strict attentiveness to what one is doing
asked the movers to take pains to be sure that they didn't damage anything while moving the furniture
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2
as in effort
the active use of energy in producing a result
she was at pains to reassure us that everything would be fine
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as in aches
to feel or cause physical pain
my poor head was paining so from all that racket
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pains
Noun
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When that connection fails, Peter quickly couples up with another guest, only to abandon her when his father gives him attention.—
Gary Levin,
USA Today,
22 May 2025 -
This kind of deliberate, minimal engagement reduces Meta’s ability to monetize your attention, especially through ad impressions and data harvesting.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
Noun
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The Capitals did a better job of countering in Game 2 and tied the series behind a strong two-way effort from Tom Wilson.—
Aaron Beard,
Baltimore Sun,
11 May 2025
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And the level of effort players have shown has been astonishing.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
11 May 2025
Verb
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West Nile virus symptoms include fever, headaches, body aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhea and rashes.—
Jeremy Duda,
Axios,
18 Mar. 2025
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And there’s a part of me that aches and hurts because of it.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Keys, who could receive $5 million, did not receive proper medical care at the station and later suffered amputations, the suit continued.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Any medical emergency that requires the administration of life-saving care should bring play to an end.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Their chemistry paid off when the actors won an MTV Movie Award in 1993 for best on-screen duo for their work on the third film.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Her work has appeared in Quanta, Scientific American, and MIT Technology Review.—
Joanna Thompson,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Sitting on a towel while in the sauna can also help prevent discoloration caused by body sweat and body oils.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 May 2025
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Chronology is messy, structurally and visually and viscerally, playing with time and space and memory and oozing with bodily fluids — tears, spit, sweat, come, pee, blood, vomit.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Patrick wears one of the trackers on his uniform sleeve every game to measure his cardiovascular exertion.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2025
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But that specificity, that exertion of agency, comes largely in those films’ first two acts.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As a complete guide to the franchise, this article also touches on major deaths and other pivotal moments, so please take heed before reading.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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As in the two major Southern California fires, the inferno that ravaged Sonoma County paid no heed to wealth, flattening estates in the hills, modest bungalows in the flatlands and a mobile home park called Journey’s End.—
Heather Knight,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Pains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pains. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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