as in attended
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
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Recent Examples of escorted
Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Oduor was seen on surveillance videos outside of a Fells Point bar, which Costa said he had been escorted out of.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks escorted the travelers from ship to shore in Tenerife, an effort that concluded Monday.
—Mike Corder, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks escorted the travelers from ship to shore in Tenerife, an effort that continued Monday.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
The Sea-Watch 5 was later escorted out of the area and was heading north toward the Italian port of Brindisi, which was designated as a place of safety, the coast guard said.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
Students are escorted out of the Florida State University student union after the mass shooting last year.
—Laura Jarrett, NBC news, 10 May 2026
His lawyers filed a motion alleging that Allen was deprived of personal items, phone calls, non-legal visits, and was strip-searched when escorted to the shower.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
He was escorted by law enforcement at all times.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
Two Russian military ships, the Ivan Gren and Aleksandr Otrakovsky, escorted the vessel, and on the morning of December 22, the Portuguese navy dropped the tail, the statement added.
—Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Oduor was seen on surveillance videos outside of a Fells Point bar, which Costa said he had been escorted out of.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks escorted the travelers from ship to shore in Tenerife, an effort that concluded Monday.
—Mike Corder, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks escorted the travelers from ship to shore in Tenerife, an effort that continued Monday.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
The Sea-Watch 5 was later escorted out of the area and was heading north toward the Italian port of Brindisi, which was designated as a place of safety, the coast guard said.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
Students are escorted out of the Florida State University student union after the mass shooting last year.
—Laura Jarrett, NBC news, 10 May 2026
His lawyers filed a motion alleging that Allen was deprived of personal items, phone calls, non-legal visits, and was strip-searched when escorted to the shower.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
He was escorted by law enforcement at all times.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escorted
accompanied
Adjective
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The department says Archaga-Elvir was arrested in Texas as an accompanied minor in 2015, but he was released by the Obama administration.—
Preston Mizell,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Escorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escorted. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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