attention span
Americannoun
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attention spans
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of attention span
First recorded in 1930–35
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Garret Martin, a foreign policy expert at American University, said Trump "famously has a short attention span."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
His limited attention span now pulls him elsewhere.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
“There’s just a lot of short attention span money in the market,” says Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at retail broker Charles Schwab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Yes, budgets can be boring, especially to a president with a famously short attention span.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
He’s spent four years on an experiment looking at whether a particular kind of scientifically engineered video game could improve the attention span and memory of people over the age of sixty.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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