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the condition of being attentive and ready to help
The parents' attendance to their children's needs was remarkable.
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Recent Examples of attendance
But no matter the agenda or level of attendance, evenings at Meridian City Hall typically start with a prayer.
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2025
Fan apathy is showing up in the attendance figures at the Rose Bowl, and the athletic department’s financial problems have been piling up — the Bruins have been operating at a cumulative deficit of over $200 million over the last five years.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Don't miss these How badly has attendance dipped for the struggling Wisconsin Badgers football program?
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Chronic absenteeism skyrocketed during the pandemic, and while attendance is improving, absenteeism remains about twice as high as in the pre-COVID era.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2025
Fan apathy is showing up in the attendance figures at the Rose Bowl, and the athletic department’s financial problems have been piling up — the Bruins have been operating at a cumulative deficit of over $200 million over the last five years.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Don't miss these How badly has attendance dipped for the struggling Wisconsin Badgers football program?
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Chronic absenteeism skyrocketed during the pandemic, and while attendance is improving, absenteeism remains about twice as high as in the pre-COVID era.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attendance
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The sequel, set for October 2026, centers on a young Facebook engineer named Frances Haugen (played by Mikey Madison) who teams up with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) on a risky mission to bring attention to Facebook’s biggest secrets.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Oct. 2025
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Mamdani is going to be the mayor of their district, of their -- of their city, and that's why there's so much attention on this.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Dreadnought vessels, due to enter service from the early 2030s, are the replacement for the Vanguard-class submarines, which currently deliver the Continuous At Sea Deterrent (CASD) for the Royal Navy.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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More than 70 of its own services were affected.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Katrina Bishop,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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Kleinschmidt’s sessions, with their assistance in permitting him to air these childhood traumas and the interplay of insight and folly in Freudianism, was the stew out of which emerged the novel that made Roth a household name.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Salvation Army provides breakfast to the public, shelter, utility assistance, and a food pantry, among other services.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Attendance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attendance. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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