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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 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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2
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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as in physician
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Recent Examples of attending
Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Apr. 2025
Patrick also discussed the impact Swift attending games has on younger generations who may not have been football fans before — including his own daughter.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Tricia Escobedo, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Thug and Mariah sparked dating rumors in 2021 when the duo was spotted hanging together while attending an Atlanta Falcons game against the New England Patriots.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Wyle, a five-time Emmy nominee for his role as Dr. John Carter, plays a different ER attending, Dr. Michael Robinavitch (aka Dr. Robby).
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Apr. 2025
Patrick also discussed the impact Swift attending games has on younger generations who may not have been football fans before — including his own daughter.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
Goodall started focusing her efforts on environmental preservation after attending a conference on conservation in Africa in 1986.
—Tricia Escobedo, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Thug and Mariah sparked dating rumors in 2021 when the duo was spotted hanging together while attending an Atlanta Falcons game against the New England Patriots.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attending
Adjective
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The study analyzed blood samples from 47 patients with severe ME/CFS and 61 healthy controls, revealing a unique pattern consistently present in patients with the condition.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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This level of caring and personal openness—owning mistakes is part of being present as a whole person—filters into the business culture.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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It has been used over 50 million times already, Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, said in an accompanying video.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
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From there the phrase has exploded with TikTokers and even some Reddit users finding ways to incorporate the term and its accompanying hand gestures into their content.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In one video, court security officers were seen escorting the woman from the scene.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Lander was detained in June inside the same building, where the government also operates an immigration court, while escorting a man ICE wanted to arrest.—
David Dee Delgado,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Taking walks, listening to music, going to the beach, hanging with the kids.—
María Mérida,
Glamour,
2 Oct. 2025
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Why Trust Travel + Leisure T+L senior testing editor Jackie Cucco always travels with noise-canceling headphones and especially loves them for listening to music on commutes and getting some shut-eye on long flights.—
Jackie Cucco,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Someone watching Earth from this vantage point would have no way of predicting that intelligent life would someday emerge on this water-rich world.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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Azarakhsh Jalalvand of Princeton University, the paper’s lead author, compares the concept to an AI watching a silent movie and generating a full soundtrack purely from the visual information.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The average was two hours and 31 minutes due to runway construction coinciding with the staffing shortage.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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And now, coinciding with the shutdown, a key law that enabled the agency to facilitate information-sharing with the private sector has expired.—
Richard Forno,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His personal physician, Admiral Cary Grayson, kept the severity of the stroke hidden from Congress and the American people, while his wife, first lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, surreptitiously took charge of matters of state.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Sports medicine physician Jesse Morse described on X that Hill's injury was potentially career-ending.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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“Attending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attending. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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