as in attendant
present at the same time and place
you can enjoy your video games in here, but preferably without the accompanying sound effects
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1
as in escorting
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 coinciding
to occur or exist at the same time
a general feeling of weariness often accompanies a cold
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Recent Examples of accompanying
New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
Increasing violence and the accompanying stress are taking their toll, but the school remains open, and the children sing about peace.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The Charlotte tennis complex that fell through In 2023 the city considered a proposal that would have brought a major tennis tournament and accompanying facilities to the River District.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Instead of flipping the bonus tools out of the knife handle, tying them on an accompanying lanyard, or integrating them into the sheath, KEA designs a hexagonal wheel multitool out of the lanyard attachment point at the base of the handle.
—New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
Increasing violence and the accompanying stress are taking their toll, but the school remains open, and the children sing about peace.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
Keep in mind, Bell’s order and accompanying legal analysis could form the basis of NASCAR appealing to the Fourth Circuit.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The Charlotte tennis complex that fell through In 2023 the city considered a proposal that would have brought a major tennis tournament and accompanying facilities to the River District.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanying
Adjective
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As oblivion approached, with all its attendant possibilities of panic or bitterness, Bowie summoned the generosity to evoke the ordeal of one prematurely dying man while also thinking and creating at the no less vast scale of life itself.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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In the spirit of the magic of the season (and in hopes of providing some warm respite from the usual end-of-the-year best-of deluge of stories and their attendant doldrums), IndieWire is proud to present our first-ever Holiday Week.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
12 Dec. 2025
Verb
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On Tuesday afternoon, the sidewalk in front of the facility had become a hive of activity – including the return of Nick Shirley – as media and Shirley supporters watched adults escorting children in and out.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
1 Jan. 2026
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He is monitored with a video camera that is attached to his escorting officer.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
20 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The winners will be announced on February 16 at a gala event at the historic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, coinciding with the foundation’s think-tank event, The World Forum on the Future of Democracy, AI/Tech and Humankind.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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Reader's Digest named Route 66 one of the best places to travel in 2026, coinciding with the highway's centennial.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Middleton first carried the Small Hudson bag from DeMellier in a rich mocha brown while attending Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Estate.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Among the companies attending are Chevron, which still operates in Venezuela, and ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, which both had oil projects in the country that were lost as part of a 2007 nationalization of private businesses under Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Given that immunizations save money by reducing illness and the associated health care costs, vaccine programs have proven to be valuable investments.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Documentation related to the project — like drafts of the terms or any associated paperwork — will remain confidential and will not be available through the Kansas Open Records Act until the parties execute an agreement, according to the bond agreement state legislators moved forward last month.—
Sofi Zeman
January 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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What airports are seeing flight cancellations?—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Polls show that economic impacts are driving the voting bloc the most and Latino businesses across the country, from Miami to Los Angeles, are seeing a drop in foot traffic because of ICE agents targeting their communities.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Accompanying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanying. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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