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as in watched
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
tend the store while I run an errand
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as in grew
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
lately I haven't been doing a good job of tending my garden
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as in cultivated
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on
plots that during the war were tended by city dwellers as vegetable gardens
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as in managed
to look after and make decisions about
the dying patriarch wondered who would tend the family business after he was gone
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Recent Examples of tended
Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
Before Jupiter loomed onto the scene, material in the disk tended to flow outward, carrying its stores of phosphorus and nitrogen with them.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 17 June 2026
Hughton says conversations with potential new players from the diaspora tended not to involve persuasion.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Dr Bose knows the family well, having tended to both of Abhay Gupta’s children since their birth.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Those instances tended to occur when he was given license to roam farther up the field.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
Hasslers, the researchers found, tended to be people who irritated the study respondents but whom the respondents could not escape.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Courts were often pushovers and tended to excuse the lack of awareness about AI hallucinations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Leaders also tended to give to far more colleagues.
—Mayank Kejriwal, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
Verb
Data from the report also indicated that streaming films with at least somewhat diverse casts tended to outperform in terms of audience and social media engagement.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
Before Jupiter loomed onto the scene, material in the disk tended to flow outward, carrying its stores of phosphorus and nitrogen with them.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 17 June 2026
Hughton says conversations with potential new players from the diaspora tended not to involve persuasion.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Dr Bose knows the family well, having tended to both of Abhay Gupta’s children since their birth.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Those instances tended to occur when he was given license to roam farther up the field.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
Hasslers, the researchers found, tended to be people who irritated the study respondents but whom the respondents could not escape.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Courts were often pushovers and tended to excuse the lack of awareness about AI hallucinations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Leaders also tended to give to far more colleagues.
—Mayank Kejriwal, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tended
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Nearly a quarter of Canada’s population was born somewhere else and Herdman leaned into that diversity.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The best scent picks at Dollar Tree Dollar Tree has leaned into the body mist trend with a rotating lineup of SPA Luxury sprays that mimic the soft, layered fragrances popular on social media.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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This clinching game was what many observers expected the series to be like between the defensive-minded teams, but each side watched leads of two-plus goals disappear in the first three games.—
Mark Anderson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Hoiby watched the verdict via video link from prison but could not be seen or heard in the courtroom.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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By the runoff, the attacks grew more personal and increasingly expensive.—
Greg Bluestein,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
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The share of YouTube Shorts featuring shopping tags grew sixfold over the same period, and more than 40% of eligible Indian creators are now enrolled in the platform’s Shopping Affiliate Program.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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Insider tip Yunnan and Kunming are known for their flowers, both wild and cultivated, so the hotel’s floral arrangements and garden landscapes are particularly beautiful.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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CookUnity, a meal preparation subscription service with menus cultivated by local chefs, provides 40 to 60 half plates filled with ready-to-go meals, and places like Turnberry sometimes provide shrimp and other quality ingredients.—
Delia Rose Sauer,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Even in the 1970s, the RAND Corporation, a US thinktank, was investigating how Dassault managed to field advanced fighter jets on time and at a cost well below US manufacturers.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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The only time Team USA managed to put the ball in the net sooner was in 2002 against Portugal (29th minute) and in a 1930 meeting with Paraguay (15th minute).—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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It might also not be inclined to offer the often hard-to-hear advice that a human agent has to.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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Stubbornly high inflation has shifted the debate among Fed policymakers, who had signaled at the start of the year that they were inclined to cut their key rate twice more this year.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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While humans still planned and supervised the mission, the operation offered a glimpse into how future battles may unfold.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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After the Los Angeles Film Critics Association anointed Brazil with a trio of awards, including Best Picture, Sheinberg relented and released a 132-minute cut supervised by Gilliam.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
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In the 1970s, what was then West Germany co-produced the Tornado bomber with the UK and Italy; then in the 1990s Germany worked with the UK, Italy and Spain to produce the dog-fighting Eurofighter jet.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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In 1969, the United Arab Emirates — then known as the Trucial States — produced a series of stamps, aimed primarily at global collectors, of iconic artists, musicians and athletes, including six Major League Baseball Hall of Famers.—
Tom Reinsfelder,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
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“Tended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tended. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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