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as in present
being within the confines of a specified place
a surprise arrest of the operator of an illegal gambling joint and all attending employees
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2
as in accompanying
present at the same time and place
dislikes flying and all of its attending inconveniences
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as in physician
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as in escorting
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
a passel of assistants attend the movie star wherever she goes
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as in listening
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 watching
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
tired of attending other people's children, the nanny was eager to have a child of her own
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as in coinciding
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 attending
Jolene Edgar, Allure, 17 Dec. 2025
And that there are rules for the two attending.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2025
Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
Tatum has been a constant presence around the team throughout his nearly 10-month recovery process, rehabbing at the Celtics’ practice facility and attending nearly every game, home and road.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Residents require direct supervision, as in a senior surgeon (a.k.a., an attending) in the room with them.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 17 Dec. 2025
And that there are rules for the two attending.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
After attending Del Mar Hills Elementary and The Bishop’s School, Kennerson headed to Yale to study archaeology and Montana State University for a master’s degree in natural history filmmaking.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
Tatum has been a constant presence around the team throughout his nearly 10-month recovery process, rehabbing at the Celtics’ practice facility and attending nearly every game, home and road.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attending
Adjective
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Charlie Kirk was present at the Air Force Academy’s last board meeting before his assassination in August 2025, according to the official minutes of the meeting.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Mar. 2026
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Organizations like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said the munition was used in Israel's last war with Hezbollah, over a year ago, on numerous occasions in southern Lebanon, while civilians were still present.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The album cover art is a self portrait illustrated by him, as are the accompanying covers of each song featured in the physical releases of the LP.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026
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There’d be an accompanying video.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Sawant, the owner of the testing company — and a proponent of leucovorin — fears that some physicians may interpret the FDA’s announcement as a reason to stop prescribing leucovorin.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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There are some instances when AI excels at identifying medical issues — in some studies, large language models have sometimes matched or even outperformed physicians on diagnostic reasoning tasks.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright Tuesday posted and then deleted a tweet claiming the Navy was escorting ships.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the administration has said the Navy would at some point start escorting oil ships through the waterway.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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As a deeply curious kid in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant, Fred Brathwaite kept his ear to the door of his dad’s basement, listening to his father and his friends (who included Brathwaite’s godfather, jazz drummer Max Roach) discuss art, music, tech, politics, and culture.—
Jason Newman,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2026
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The saving grace for the title is the fantastic music, which is worth listening to on its own.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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And second, there’s the audience’s uncomfortable tingle of recognition watching Vladimir Putin’s tightening stranglehold on the Russian press.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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March is prime whale-watching season in Samaná.—
Annie Daly,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
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The team found a major levoglucosan peak centered around 1128 CE, coinciding with a similar peak recorded from the Schwarzboden mire peat core, another important reservoir of atmospheric history sampled about 12 miles southeast of Weißseespitze.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2026
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The rise in police overtime costs has coinciding with a decline in staffing.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The museum shuttered in 2007, with Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary taking over its space, while the Prague Biennale and attendant exhibitions ceased operations after its 2013 edition.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Mar. 2026
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Whatever Americans think about what occurred this weekend, with the attendant death, economic disruption and other horrible human costs of war, to wish for anything other than that is to betray the brave Iranian people and its worried but hopeful diaspora, amply represented in our city.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Attending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attending. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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