1
as in supervises
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
tend the store while I run an errand
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as in grows
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 cultivates
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 manages
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 tends
Rafaela Jinich,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
At 31 with real name value and a résumé built on a three-fight win streak that once earned him a Makhachev main event, Moises is the type who tends to land on his feet.
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Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
The conversation tends to focus on automation, productivity, and speed.
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Patricia Camden,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Rosie Ramirez, chief marketing officer at Galaxy Theatres, said a young first-wave audience tends to generate buzz.
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Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.
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Star-Telegram Weather Bot,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2026
Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads.
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Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.
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Kansas City Star Weather Bot,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
This group tends to be more pro-European than the population as a whole.
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Anand Menon,
Time,
13 June 2026
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The word adventure tends to conjure images of people climbing mountains, kayaking through rapids, or traveling to remote corners of the world.
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Rafaela Jinich,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
At 31 with real name value and a résumé built on a three-fight win streak that once earned him a Makhachev main event, Moises is the type who tends to land on his feet.
—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
The conversation tends to focus on automation, productivity, and speed.
—
Patricia Camden,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Rosie Ramirez, chief marketing officer at Galaxy Theatres, said a young first-wave audience tends to generate buzz.
—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.
—
Star-Telegram Weather Bot,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2026
Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads.
—
Ca Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.
—
Kansas City Star Weather Bot,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
This group tends to be more pro-European than the population as a whole.
—
Anand Menon,
Time,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tends
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On TikTok and Telegram, the group's original content leans into teenage angst, femininity and traditional gender roles.
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Season 5 leans into the series’ best qualities, trusting its cast of breakout stars to turn a relatively simple meal into an indelible final course.
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Milshtein previously served as adviser to COGAT, which supervises civilian policy in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip.
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As chief of patrol, Hein supervises the most visible aspects of the Police Department that define its image in the minds of most Chicagoans, including emergency response, crisis intervention, traffic control, routine patrol and community policing efforts.
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Deep trust grows with clear boundaries as aching Chiron enters your 8th House of Intimacy and Shared Resources.
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Centrus continues to expand enrichment operations in Pike County as demand for advanced reactor fuel grows.
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This unique mindset, developed through setbacks and balancing a demanding tech career with elite cricket, demonstrates that profound inner work cultivates the awareness needed to perceive opportunities.
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Buddha offers an egalitarian path to enlightenment; Confucius codifies a religion of learning; Augustine infuses Christianity with Plato and Aristotle; Martin Luther shifts spirituality inward; Duns Scotus separates belief from knowledge; William of Ockham cultivates equality under the law.
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Drawing upon the fine dining experience of both Chef Gabon and partner Celine Wuu (who deftly manages the floor), Naides serves an original interpretation of Filipino cuisine in the form of a stylishly modern tasting menu.
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Above that sits an orchestration layer that manages workflows and how the models interact, then a trust and compliance layer that enforces the regulatory and governance guardrails.
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Jessie watches through a hole in the box as Emily drives away with her mother, never to be seen again.
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Los Angeles firefighter watches outside the Lineage cold storage facility as a helicopter drops water in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA.
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What’s more, the conditions attached to AB 2074 — onsite affordable homes, prevailing wages and workforce development opportunities — ensure that the state’s public investment produces broad benefits for our communities.
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In Illinois specifically, Constellation produces sufficient baseline electricity to fulfill the standard energy demands of over eight million residential homes.
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Spray plants with neem oil, spinosad, or insecticidal soap, though these products must contact the beetles to work.
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Molloy rages to his film crew, and Lestat’s duplicity plants a wedge between the vamps.
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“Tends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tends. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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