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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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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
Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
And that there are rules for the two attending.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2025
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026
The actor is attending an event in New York City to promote Marty Supreme, which recently earned him his third Best Actor Oscar nomination.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Jules starts her tenure at Grey Sloan by honoring the long-standing tradition of interns sleeping with attendings (Atticus Lincoln).
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
And that there are rules for the two attending.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
With any ending comes nostalgia, and the remembrances have poured in since the year began, from those attending their last screening at the Library to anyone who felt the magic of indie film manifested in a post-premiere snowstorm.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026
The actor is attending an event in New York City to promote Marty Supreme, which recently earned him his third Best Actor Oscar nomination.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attending
Adjective
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The home where baby Ana Maria died was recently torn down, and Adams was present.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The result in practice tends to be gratuitous spending for minimal present gains.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Hot roast beef Manhattans consist of generous mounds of cooked roast beef slices served on either plain or toasted bread slices with an accompanying scoop of mashed potatoes, all of it slathered in brown gravy.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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An accompanying documentary series on Amazon is planned to follow the movie.—
Jennifer Sangalang,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For nearly a millennia and half, even in the centuries when physicians were beginning to supplant priests in treating the ill, epileptic convulsions (unexpected, frightening, enigmatic) remained the territory of the priest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Todd Randall Wilcox, a correctional health-care physician and the former president of the American College of Correctional Physicians, reviewed the medical records associated with Roque Campos’s hospital visits, as part of expert testimony for the class-action suit.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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McAdoo said the Ouachita County sheriff's office and Camden Police Department had been escorting nursing home and medical employees to and from work.—
Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Patriots arrived back at Gillette Stadium in grand style late Monday afternoon, with the Foxboro Police Department escorting the team into Patriot Place.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Ways to do that include cold showers, taking a nature walk, laughing, taking deep breaths, listening to something relaxing, or humming to yourself.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Being open about your feelings and then listening to the response will help everyone get on the same page.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Neuroscience has long shown that watching another person experience pain activates the same neural regions as experiencing pain ourselves.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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And there’s Faithfull, watching her past paraded before her with an amused smile and a sense of high irony still intact.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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The current backdrop also offers opportune timing for the artificial intelligence trade, with an AI reboot largely coinciding with the Nvidia Blackwell cycle.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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To accommodate both, the tourney moved up a month on the calendar, coinciding with the second week of the Australian Open.—
Glae Thien,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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After 2022’s Grammy-winning Harry’s House and its attendant 22-month Love On Tour, Harry Styles all but vanished from public view, with only the occasional pap shot—strolling Rome’s cobblestones or cutting across Hampstead in an ever-expanding collection of sneakerinas—serving as proof of life.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2026
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Much as a private security company exploits rising risks to increase the cost of its services, Washington exploits European vulnerability and enjoys the attendant escalation of tension between Russia and its European allies.—
Ivan Krastev,
Time,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Attending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attending. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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