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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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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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
David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2026
Prepare for your Super Bowl watch party with these fun ceramic stoneware bowls shaped like footballs and an accompanying tray designed to resemble a football field.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Jan. 2026
Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
OneTrip Prime and Premier plans include coverage for one child 17 or younger when accompanying a covered adult.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
The carrier is carrying a complement of strike aircraft, while the accompanying destroyers are armed with Tomahawk missiles.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2026
Prepare for your Super Bowl watch party with these fun ceramic stoneware bowls shaped like footballs and an accompanying tray designed to resemble a football field.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
Find our accompanying Bad Bunny essay here, and all the rest of our essays and podcasts related to the list here.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
OneTrip Prime and Premier plans include coverage for one child 17 or younger when accompanying a covered adult.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanying
Adjective
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The lack of individual cost caps can result in things like the drastic increase in utilization of such programs as attendant care, which was one of the drivers of the $1 billion budget shortfall in 2023.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
3 Feb. 2026
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Enter the statement pin, which stars wear to show their allegiance to a cause and spread awareness while still attending to their professional obligations, and ideally using the attendant attention for a greater purpose.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
1 Feb. 2026
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Some of his customers are now escorting him and his wife home each night when the restaurant closes.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
1 Feb. 2026
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Or the people escorting kids to school to protect their parents.—
Eric Roper,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Dallas officials are inching closer to a decision about whether to leave or stay at the current City Hall site at 1500 Marilla Street, deliberations that are coinciding with the city’s efforts to keep its NBA team in town.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
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The eclipse will reach totality in the early morning of March 3, coinciding with the full moon's peak, though the moon will set during totality.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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In the spring, the Sonnenalp also makes an ideal basecamp for attending the seminars, grand tastings, and indulgent winemaker dinners of Vail’s beloved food and wine festival, the Taste of Vail.—
Sarah Kuta,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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Troupe was released from jail after posting $50,000 bail and has been attending alcohol-addiction meetings, per a judge’s order, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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What’s more, the amount of power computing and its associated infrastructure consume today is substantial and rising each year.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Clinical trials aren’t necessarily free, even with insurance, Donovan said, so be sure to ask about any associated costs.—
Renuka Rayasam,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2026
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Peskoe and others are watching court challenges to the DOE emergency orders closely, seeing if courts weigh in on this use of emergency powers to decide what kinds of energy should remain on the grid longer.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instead, even with its Gemini app now seeing more than 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), 100 million more than last quarter, and Gemini, the company's large language model, processing over 10 billion tokens per minute, Search usage broke a quarterly record.—
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CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Accompanying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanying. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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