attends

present tense third-person singular of attend
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as in listens
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 coincides
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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“Attends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attends. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.

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