Attention and Occupation

Attention

Attention noun - A focusing of the mind on something.

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Occupation and attention are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Occupation" instead a noun "Attention".

Nearby Words: attentive, attentively

Occupation noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.

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Attention and occupation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attention" instead a noun "Occupation".

human	human attention	human occupation
female	female attention	female occupation
particular	particular attention	particular occupation
similar	similar attention	similar occupation
Other adjectives: specific, complete, actual, constant, dangerous, bad, hostile, new.

Les Collaborateurs: The series gives no small amount of attention to people who collaborate with what turns out to be a not-so-benevolent alien occupation.

Source: Series / V (1983)
Interestingly, though, it also draws attention to the trope by referring to many minor or background characters by their occupation — "two guards," "a secretary" — a few lines before the gendered pronoun is used.

Source: Gender Is No Object
The occupation of the Aleutians was done to divert attention from the Imperial Navy's real objective, the US Naval base at Midway (it failed in this because the US's intelligence corps had cracked the Imperial Navy's radio codes/cyphers and knew exactly what was going to happen).

Source: Invaded States of America

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