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. Michael Oher:

   Offensive linemen don’t get looked at, nobody is paying attention to the offensive line. But me ? I ’m getting watched for everything. I know what type of player I am. Everybody else that I know knows what type of player I am. So that kind of stuff does n’t worry me.

2. Dan Riemer:

   That search in the swamp is leading everyone to believe Brian is in the swamp, and no civilians are paying attention to who is around them, [The] focus needs to be on people being aware, [and] someone will see something, just like the campers who saw then van.

3. Brene Brown:

   The real questions for parents should be: ‘Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?’ If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and how we can do better next time. The mandate is not to be perfect and raise happy children. Perfection doesn’t exist, and I’ve found what makes children happy doesn’t always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

4. Lars Noah:

   It sounds like (Tesla) they did a fairly good job of designing into the mechanism prompts and reminders about what the deal was, and for whatever reason, this guy was not paying attention.

5. Dr Arnold:

   This involves searching out or only paying attention to information that supports a belief, for example, the confirmation bias may sustain people’s belief in an apocalyptic prophecy because they start to focus on events, information, et cetera that seem to corroborate the prophecy.