attends (to)

verb

present tense third-person singular of attend (to)
1
as in ministers (to)

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as in picks out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attends (to)
  1. marks
  2. identifies
  3. considers
  4. makes out
  5. picks up
  6. minds
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  • The contemplative family pilgrimage drama marks the fiction-feature debut of a longtime collaborator of Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
  • For Placer Land Trust, the opening marks another milestone in its conservation efforts.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of marks
Verb
  • Each layer identifies different kinds of risk, so skipping any of them leaves a gap that greater intelligence only widens.
    — Kumar Chivukula, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Our study identifies internal noise as an important factor that facilitates this brain plasticity.
    — Woon Ju Park, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of identifies
Verb
  • That pragmatism also extends to sustainability, which Park considers integral to the creative process rather than a separate exercise.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • And expect a fight over whether to reauthorize user fees that fund roughly half the FDA — legislation that pharma considers must-pass and that Sanders has opposed for decades.
    — David Lim, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of considers
Verb
  • The contemporary media environment makes out-and-out suppression of a book difficult.
    — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
  • Even Fraser makes out with Rainbeau and Damo.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of makes out
Verb
  • Defensive Player of the Week Senior defensive end Ethan Pilip picks up three of Oswego’s six sacks in Friday’s 27-6 win over Naperville Central in a Class 8A first-round game.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The dizzying evolution of AI picks up speed when Ilya gets Sam worked up about next-level AGI, or Artificial General Intelligence, theoretical technology with human-level cognitive capabilities.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of picks up
Verb
  • When to stick or twist The other big question in fantasy managers minds if when to stick with a captain haul and when to twist — and this is another element of the game which is dynamic.
    — Holly Shand, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Not that Black minds any of that, though.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of minds
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