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verb

past tense of attend
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as in listened
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing I'm sorry, but all the noise means I'm having a hard time attending to the conversation

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as in coincided
to occur or exist at the same time all the pomp and circumstance that attend the opening of the Olympic Games

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Recent Examples of attended
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According to the complaint, Doe attended the private Owings Mills boarding school from 1975 through her graduation in 1987. Lexi Nicklaus, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2026 Modern operations consultancy Quail Group notes that in many organizations, operational systems drift toward rewarding visible activity, the messages sent, meetings attended, and tasks moved, while the deeper aim of meaningful outcomes becomes less prominent in day‑to‑day execution. Matt Emma, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026 Mendoza attended the team’s annual Home Runs and Highballs event, the Amazin’ Mets Foundation’s marquee fundraiser. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026 Belichick, 74, also attended the tournament in support of his girlfriend. Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026 Organizers of Monday’s meeting at the Goldenrod Recreation Center set up 120 chairs, but only about 70 people attended. Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026 From potholes to questions about Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the city, a small crowd of Valparaiso residents attended the mid-term town hall held by Valparaiso City Council Members Robert Cotton, D-2nd, and Barbara Domer, D-3rd, Saturday afternoon. Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026 Organizers say around 1,000 Jewish and Palestinian Israelis attended the main gathering in Tel Aviv alongside a parallel ceremony in the West Bank city of Jericho, while screenings in Israel and across the globe reached tens of thousands more. Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026 Here's a look at nine players who attended the NFL's annual scouting combine in Indianapolis in February. ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attended
Adjective
  • The department says Archaga-Elvir was arrested in Texas as an accompanied minor in 2015, but he was released by the Obama administration.
    Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Dining at restaurant wars Soon thereafter, we were escorted back outside to enter the competing restaurant, Tierra Reina.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
  • He was escorted by law enforcement at all times.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
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  • Ramzan listened with curiosity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
  • There was a promise that neighborhood councils would be listened to, and initial funding was $50,000 per council.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
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  • TikTok followers watched along as Jessica Kayll, who designs colorful silk robes, finished painting her dress in the days leading up to the gala.
    Beatrice Dupuy, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
  • Residents have watched city government make promises, spend money and deliver very little to show for it.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Luckily for the Knicks, Embiid’s absence coincided with Robinson’s DNP.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
  • The Devil Wears Prada 2‘s big weekend opening coincided with the Gala… but Meryl Streep sat it out, purportedly to protest against Bezos.
    Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026
Verb
  • Before last year, Cecilia Alemani, the chief curator at the High Line, had never heard of—much less seen—a pigeon diaper.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • When House Bill 1359, which addressed scanning early voting ballots, was heard in the Senate Elections committee this year, the bill was amended to decrease early voting from 28 days to 16 days.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • On the assumption that everything on-set was fully supervised at every turn, the results are frequently thrilling and ultimately haunting.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2026
  • Besides the driver, an amiable man who was happy to explain how the shredder worked, only a few nervous schoolchildren stood around, supervised by a woman with a badge that identified her as an envoy of the library.
    Mary Norris, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Thomson, who became the Phillies manager in 2022, oversaw a team that started 9-19, which is tied with the Mets for the worst record in the majors entering Tuesday.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Cohen stepped down that March 19, and Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff, Tina Tchen, oversaw the probe.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026

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“Attended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attended. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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