1
as in accompanies
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 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 supervises
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 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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Recent Examples of attends
If all of this seems laden with meaning of the kind that often attends conceptual art in 2026—colonialism, empire, fraught ideas of foreigness and exoticness—you, like me, will have read Akhavan’s intentions completely wrong.
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Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
The county executive also appoints people to fill vacancies throughout county government, attends Legislature meetings as a non-voting member, investigates internal issues and transfers staffers between departments.
—Ilana Arougheti
may 6, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Patrick Schwarzenegger attends the 2026 Miami Grand Prix race week as Spirit advisor for Ketel One Vodka on May 1 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Alex Slitz / Getty Images Nicole Scherzinger attends the Kentucky Derby 152 at Churchill Downs on May 2, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky.
—Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Like her brothers, Charlotte now attends Lambrook School, a prep school for children ages 3-13 near the family's home in Windsor, England.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
Shot in Athens doubling as Tehran, Cast Aside the Clouds has Azizi playing Farhad Khosravi, a bookstore owner whose daughter Layla (Sehat) attends a secret university aligned with the Iranian Bahá’í spiritualist faith.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
The Chiefs have a winning record when Swift attends their games.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Laver, 86, lives in Southern California and typically attends the tournament with his family.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
The county executive also appoints people to fill vacancies throughout county government, attends Legislature meetings as a non-voting member, investigates internal issues and transfers staffers between departments.
—Ilana Arougheti
may 6, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Patrick Schwarzenegger attends the 2026 Miami Grand Prix race week as Spirit advisor for Ketel One Vodka on May 1 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Alex Slitz / Getty Images Nicole Scherzinger attends the Kentucky Derby 152 at Churchill Downs on May 2, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky.
—Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Like her brothers, Charlotte now attends Lambrook School, a prep school for children ages 3-13 near the family's home in Windsor, England.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
Shot in Athens doubling as Tehran, Cast Aside the Clouds has Azizi playing Farhad Khosravi, a bookstore owner whose daughter Layla (Sehat) attends a secret university aligned with the Iranian Bahá’í spiritualist faith.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026
The Chiefs have a winning record when Swift attends their games.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Laver, 86, lives in Southern California and typically attends the tournament with his family.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attends
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From the beginning, the emphasis centered on preparation, consistency, and respect for the emotional complexity that accompanies divorce and custody matters.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Creams and lotions can help ease the itching that accompanies the rash, and prompt medical attention reduces the chance of complications like postherpetic neuralgia or vision problems.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
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What emerges is not a tome to a tactical genius but a manager who listens and has a tireless drive to develop those around him.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The Chinese government officially recognizes five religions — Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism and Islam — and tightly supervises them.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The group recruits, trains and supervises volunteers who represent children in the foster care system in juvenile courts, according to its website.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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The release also coincides with a broader expansion of the resort’s private ski infrastructure.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
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This release coincides with the tenth anniversary of the death of His Purple Highness, the singer, songwriter, producer, philanthropist, musician and multi-instrumentalist with an unfathomable life and work.—
Darío Gael Blanco,
Vanity Fair,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sandburg’s Alanna Noone hears the jokes from time to time.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday about a relatively new law enforcement technique that allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2026
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Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the HHS, which oversees the FDA, said the studies were pulled over concerns about their conclusions.—
Padmanabhan Ananthan,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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In February 2025, the Defense Health Agency, which oversees TRICARE, acknowledged that challenges had cropped up nationwide since the transition.—
Jason Kane,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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In it, Khan watches a movie about a giant version of herself arriving in a city that has already been destroyed by a different monster.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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As the world watches tensions between Washington and Tehran, Iran has been carrying out the fastest wave of political executions in its recent history.—
Alejandra Jaramillo,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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So we’re probably doomed to endless toxic feedback loops unless someone hits upon a brilliant fundamental redesign that manages to change those dynamics.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2026
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As more repeat purchases become automated, the need for store trips declines, shopping moves from browsing to outcome setting, and consumers express a goal once, and the system increasingly manages the rest.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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“Attends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attends. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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