accompanies

verb

present tense third-person singular of accompany
1
as in attends
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship children using the pool must be accompanied by a parent at all times

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2
as in coincides
to occur or exist at the same time a general feeling of weariness often accompanies a cold

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Recent Examples of accompanies KrebsOnSecurity’s Brian Krebs said TeamPCP members lacked the operational discipline that usually accompanies a hacking group with its level of accomplishment. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 That level of integration removes much of the guesswork that traditionally accompanies resin printing. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 Resistance training is also key to preventing the muscle loss that accompanies weight loss from GLP-1 medications, aging and recovering from injury. — Linda M. Boland, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 Wolff sees value not only in that speed, but also in the context that accompanies the dashboard. — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Water and dust are important ingredients in the chemistry that accompanies star and planet formation, meaning material shed by aging stars such as IRS 3 could eventually contribute to future generations of stars and planets. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026 The correspondence which accompanies the treaty will put the Senate in possession of all the facts known to the Executive. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026 The duo riffs off this dichotomy with the alarming imagery that accompanies The Precariat, taking listeners on a journey through the underbelly of America. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 5 Aug. 2026 Personalized service accompanies authentic Mediterranean dining at La Cucina. — Stephanie Orma, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanies
  1. attends
  2. coincides
  3. escorts
  4. happens
  5. sees
  6. brings
Verb
  • Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, district judge of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, attends a panel discussion at the annual American Bar Association (ABA) Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025.
    — Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Rooted in raw reality but told through poetic fiction, James Baldwin’s masterwork attends a day in the life of 14-year-old John Grimes and the awakenings, histories, and stories that shape his life.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of attends
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  • The release of the paper also coincides with the project passing an official review under Japan’s MEXT SBIR Phase 3 program.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The report’s release coincides with a recent decision by federal Environment Minister Murray Watt to extend the North West Shelf gas project through 2070, and with Murujuga’s inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of coincides
Verb
  • Once the animal gets close to the staffers, one of the employees carefully picks up the fox and escorts it out of the water and away from the ride.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • For a relatively small fee, someone meets you at the aircraft, carries your bags, escorts you through customs in just a few minutes, helps collect your luggage, and takes you directly to your transportation.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of escorts
Verb
  • Is this what happens when Tamra finally douses herself in so much melatonin before filming that her fat tongue won’t move in her mouth?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • When a big set happens, nearly everyone has just experienced it together.
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of happens
Verb
  • No country has marshaled those efforts like China, where the government sees Tibet, and its Himalayan borderlands, as critical to its national and energy security.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Wall Street sees new treatments as an untapped goldmine, full of consumers who are willing to pay out-of-pocket for better options, reminiscent of the boom in GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
    — Avalon Pernell, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of sees
Verb
  • Pratt brings the toughness of a wrestler onto the football field.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • All this disruption is coming in the lead-up to the Burning Man festival, which brings at its peak about 70,000 people to this region from all over the world.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of brings

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“Accompanies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanies. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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