Synonyms for paying attention
pay·ing at·ten·tion

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1. attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attentionadjective

   paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

   "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"

   Synonyms:
   wish, esteem, regard, heed, attentiveness, gaze, respect, compliments

2. heedful, attentive, thoughtful, paying attentionadjective

   taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

   "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing"

   Synonyms:
   thoughtful, heedful, advertent, serious-minded, attentive, careful

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1. Barry Schwartz:

   That was a buying opportunity; that was Santa's gift to those who were paying attention, and they're still kind of cheap.

2. Chase Elliott:

   For me, I’m just as guilty as anybody, I don’t often realize just how much of an impact you can have or just how much someone is paying attention to what you do – just how much some young man or some young girl is looking up to you, i think those things are important to recognize and try to set a solid example at least or try to most of the time. The fans have been a huge part of my career and super proud to have that support and enjoy trying to make them proud in the process.

3. Daniel Frankl:

   Paying attention to your effort—your heart rate, your breathing, the sensation in your muscles—helps you maintain a steady effort so you can burn more calories.

4. President Trump:

   Once you start counting and reporting the votes, the spin and the time for spin is over, on election Election Night, we're going to talk a lot about numbers. We're going to look in great detail at the numbers, where the votes are coming from, how many of them are mail-in ballots early, in-person Election Day ballots. But we're not going to spend a lot of time paying attention to spin. We're really going to focus on the data.

5. Mark Anthony Neal:

   But if we really want to solve the problem, if our society really wanted to solve the problem, we could. It's just it would require everybody saying this is important, this is significant, and that we don't just pay attention to these communities when a CVS burns and we don't just pay attention when a young man gets shot or has his spine snapped, we're paying attention all the time because we consider those kids our kids and we think they're important and they shouldn't be living in poverty and violence. That's how I feel.