undivided/full/complete attention
idiom
: concentration on what someone is doing or saying
Please give the speaker your undivided/full/complete attention.
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Now that Aaron Glenn has been hired as coach, the Jets have turned their full attention to finding a new general manager.
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Quarterback Matthew Stafford said that the Vikings were receiving the Rams’ full attention while the Rams were at the team’s facility in Woodland Hills.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Nick Ashbourne is a contributor to The Athletic who first began writing about the Maple Leafs with Yahoo Sports in 2017 and turned his full attention to hockey in 2023 — becoming the outlet's leading NHL writer for the 2023-24 season.
—Nick Ashbourne, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
That means Shepherd will be able to devote his full attention to the Critics Choice Awards next Sunday, Jan. 12, where Bell is once again nominated.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Quarterback Matthew Stafford said that the Vikings were receiving the Rams’ full attention while the Rams were at the team’s facility in Woodland Hills.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Nick Ashbourne is a contributor to The Athletic who first began writing about the Maple Leafs with Yahoo Sports in 2017 and turned his full attention to hockey in 2023 — becoming the outlet's leading NHL writer for the 2023-24 season.
—Nick Ashbourne, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
That means Shepherd will be able to devote his full attention to the Critics Choice Awards next Sunday, Jan. 12, where Bell is once again nominated.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Undivided/full/complete attention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undivided%2Ffull%2Fcomplete%20attention. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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