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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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Recent Examples of accompanies
Now serving as 10 Petal's strategist, Beth accompanies Beulah to Dallas to secure a licensing deal with Frontier Hospitality Group — an opportunity Beth had originally envisioned for Dutton Ranch before foot-and-mouth disease wiped out their herd.
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Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
Proceeds from the outing will go toward an officer resiliency center, which is envisioned as a dedicated space for officer health and mental health, to help officers handle the stress accompanies a career in law enforcement.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Pascale accompanies her with deceptively simple down-bows and up-bows, bearing the technical difficulty lightly, as though that’s just the shape and movements her hands happen to take.
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
And there has been no mention of the card that accompanies these presents.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Rahma, whose late father, an Egyptian immigrant, was a cabdriver, accompanies the drivers on anthropological outings to such destinations as a Cuban dance lounge, a Russian bathhouse, and a taxi-driver clubhouse.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 June 2026
Gosling’s co-stars include Sandra Hüller as Eva Stratt and puppeteer James Ortiz as Rocky, the adorable alien that accompanies Grace on his outer space adventure.
—Karla Cote, Variety, 10 June 2026
Like any memorial account, a black-and-white headshot of the former president accompanies a sentimental mission statement.
—Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026
Spending has held up, and the economy hasn’t shown the kind of demand collapse that typically accompanies recession-level income weakness.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
Proceeds from the outing will go toward an officer resiliency center, which is envisioned as a dedicated space for officer health and mental health, to help officers handle the stress accompanies a career in law enforcement.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Pascale accompanies her with deceptively simple down-bows and up-bows, bearing the technical difficulty lightly, as though that’s just the shape and movements her hands happen to take.
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
And there has been no mention of the card that accompanies these presents.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Rahma, whose late father, an Egyptian immigrant, was a cabdriver, accompanies the drivers on anthropological outings to such destinations as a Cuban dance lounge, a Russian bathhouse, and a taxi-driver clubhouse.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 June 2026
Gosling’s co-stars include Sandra Hüller as Eva Stratt and puppeteer James Ortiz as Rocky, the adorable alien that accompanies Grace on his outer space adventure.
—Karla Cote, Variety, 10 June 2026
Like any memorial account, a black-and-white headshot of the former president accompanies a sentimental mission statement.
—Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026
Spending has held up, and the economy hasn’t shown the kind of demand collapse that typically accompanies recession-level income weakness.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanies
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The pair attends local sporting events together, sitting and cheering for the hometown team.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
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The president still regularly attends UFC fights.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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The trip coincides with the 65th anniversary of China and North Korea’s 1961 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, China’s only mutual defense treaty, which was signed less than a decade after Chinese troops fought with North Korea in the Korean war.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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The trip coincides with the 65th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty the two countries signed in 1961 — the only such treaty Beijing has ever agreed to — and builds upon their last meeting in September when Kim visited Beijing.—
Stella Kim,
NBC news,
8 June 2026
Verb
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If approved, an Iranian boat escorts the vessel through the territorial waters around Larak Island.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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The filmmaker escorts her back to Romania to try to find her birth mother.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Birds of America is my imperfect attempt to show that history can’t be buried forever, and that what happens to one of us happens, in some way, to all of us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Nothing majorly dramatic happens, no one flames out in the kitchen, no dish is an absolute failure.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
Verb
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How Familiar handles privacy inside your home A robot that sees and hears what happens inside your home naturally raises privacy questions.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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However, her personable commanding officer Majid (Shafi al-Harthi) sees the value in her perspective when a high school student’s body turns up in the desert, and Nawal discerns clues from details which the policemen overlook, from the girl’s manicure to the embroidery on her abaya.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Whipping out a camera the moment a restaurant server brings a meal or a favorite performer appears onstage.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Here, Elliott Gould brings a deft touch to his hang-dog detective Philip Marlowe, moving with a lightness that's hard to pin down but is undeniably comic.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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“Accompanies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanies. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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