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as in resultant
coming as a result
dreaded the coming flu season and the attendant flood of school absences
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as in accompanying
present at the same time and place
the movie stars' divorce and the attendant press coverage about it
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as in accompaniment
something that is found along with something else
disease is the inevitable attendant of poor sanitation
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Recent Examples of attendant
Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
For many Americans, sports fandom is almost akin to a religious experience, with all the attendant emotions that go along with it.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
Gallery attendants, ticket agents and security personnel at the museum staged a brief walkout in June, citing chronic understaffing and poor working conditions.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Variety is maintaining a log of all the other editions and their attendant cover art; most were only available at Swift’s webstore and sold out almost immediately upon being announced for sale.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
For many Americans, sports fandom is almost akin to a religious experience, with all the attendant emotions that go along with it.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
American Airlines Meanwhile, the union that represents American's attendants is pushing the carrier add more crew members on board to cater to the larger business-class cabins.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
Gallery attendants, ticket agents and security personnel at the museum staged a brief walkout in June, citing chronic understaffing and poor working conditions.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attendant
Adjective
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This pace of growth means that every new generation of AI comes with an order-of-magnitude increase in energy, water demand and the resultant CO2 impact.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The resultant pollution from the Canadian blazes spread across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio and even reached as far as Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Mississippi, according to the report.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In the accompanying video, directed by Daren Rabinovitch, Noname is pursued by a humanoid cat and eventually transforms into a parrot.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
31 Oct. 2025
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There was a real question how the impact of him being on base nine times and the accompanying leg cramps that plagued him late in extra innings would affect his stamina less than 24 hours later.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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This watch guide was created using technology provided by Data Skrive.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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For a more traditional bar experience, take a look at our etiquette guide to British pubs.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So what better way to do it than with a live accompaniment?—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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His elaborate preparations—often aged like vintages and served in carafes tableside—are the center of the dish, not its accompaniment.—
Joel Hart,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In the lead-up to Saturday’s celebrations, officials within the Trump administration had characterized complaints about the live-fire demonstrations and consequent freeway shutdown as an overreaction.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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The consequent rollback of domestic policies promoting wind and solar power, as well as electric vehicles, has resulted in a sharply slower pace of domestic decarbonization, a report by the Rhodium Group found recently.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The island is owned by the federal government and is not open to the general public, so escorts or specific government ID cards are required for visitors.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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It is federally owned, does not allow visits from the general public without an escort or specific government identification and has been home to the current base, Base Alameda, since 2012, according to a Coast Guard document from 2016 cited by The Associated Press.—
Elizabeth Pritchett , Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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To test the disruption theory, the researchers directly examined the effects of beam-plasma instabilities by measuring the jet’s beam profile and associated magnetic field signatures.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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The judges in a federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday were skeptical of arguments by a lawyer for Sam Bankman-Fried that his conviction for a multi-billion-dollar fraud related to his cryptocurrency exchange FTX and an associated hedge fund should be tossed out.—
Dawn Giel,Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Atlanta played much better in a 1-point loss to the Patriots on the road last Sunday, but there are major concerns on the O-line after starting guards Matthew Bergeron and Chris Lindstrom had to leave the Pats game early.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The last time San Diego State opened a men’s basketball season against Long Beach State, in 2010, Kawhi Leonard and the Aztecs trailed by one deep into the second half and needed three 3s by backup guard James Rahon to grind out a nervy road win.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Attendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attendant. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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