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accompanied

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verb

past tense of accompany

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Recent Examples of accompanied
Verb
In recent years, staff have complained of poor working conditions brought on by overcrowding, despite director Laurence des Cars’s 2023 move to cap attendance at 30,000 visitors daily, accompanied by a ticket price increase. News Desk, Artforum, 7 Nov. 2025 Grande and Erivo were also on stage and the four were accompanied by composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz on piano. Haley Kluge, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025 Vivid memories of countless nights spent watching bad cult movies with my childhood friends flooded my mind, accompanied by the energetic drum machine pulses and synthesizer melodies of famed B-movie composer Chuck Cirino’s score for Deathstalker II. Bear McCreary, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025 The minimum age is 8, and children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025 Spragg accompanied Wandelt that day. Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025 During all the musical numbers, the cast was accompanied by a 37-piece live orchestra led by Tony-winning musical director Stephen Oremus. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 Nov. 2025 For his usual pregame media session, Spoelstra was accompanied on the podium by his sons Santiago and Dante and his daughter Ruby. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 Horan and Adéla created the Provocateur aesthetic of leotards, tapping into her ballet past and the avant-garde, almost alien-like looks that have accompanied her art and performances over the last year. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanied
Verb
  • McIntyre was escorted from the building by security.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Video shared by the news outlet showed the baby’s father in the back of the ambulance that escorted the mom and child away from the scene.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • But their arrival has coincided with a spike in housing prices, which has squeezed many locals out of the market.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The rapper’s homecoming coincided with Montana’s 41st birthday.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Dumont attended the Mavs game on Monday night against the Milwaukee Bucks.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The breakfast will also be attended by approximately 30 high school juniors and seniors currently participating in THR’s Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program.
    THR Staff, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • That’s exactly what happened — and the Aggies may even be on the way up in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Dreier says that understanding what happened and is happening to Mars could help scientists better protect our own climate and atmosphere from current and future solar threats.
    Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Philippines is one of Asia’s most flood-prone countries but this year it has also been mired in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects that have brought thousands of protesters out onto the streets.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Johnston wrote that the Bright Futures Fund was brought into the diocesan accounting system and was under the regular oversight of its finance office.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Accompanied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanied. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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