Reason For Strengthening Attachment

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	99%	7		Exact Match!
noun • the state of being absent • failure to be present • the time interval during which something or somebody is away • the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
	26%	15		Finding a logical or sensible reason for something that was initially done without reason
noun • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening • the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason • (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation • the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency • systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
	26%	13		Characteristic that evolves for one reason but later provides an advantage for another reason
noun • An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function

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2	Characteristic that evolves for one reason but later provides an advantage for another reason
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4	Email attachment attachment? New York Times - 12 Jun 2014	New York Times / 12 Jun 2014
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6	Strengthening crosspiece New York Times - 16 Jan 2021	New York Times / 16 Jan 2021
7	Structure strengthening a ship New York Times - 15 Nov 1979	New York Times / 15 Nov 1979

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