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Recent Examples of untended
Get Rid Of Clutter Knick-knacks, stacks of magazines, and piles of untended laundry can be magnets for dust.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Guerrero believes her sister wasn’t much better off at Villa Serena I than in her untended home.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
For more than two centuries, such burial grounds, especially those in the former American slave states, have often been erased or obscured – paved over by parking lots, built upon by highways or private development, or simply left unknown and untended.
—Joanna Gilmore, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2025
Unlike Culex mosquitoes, which prefer breeding near larger sources of water such as untended swimming pools, culverts or detention basins, Aedes aegypti tend to breed in much shallower standing water.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Guerrero believes her sister wasn’t much better off at Villa Serena I than in her untended home.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
For more than two centuries, such burial grounds, especially those in the former American slave states, have often been erased or obscured – paved over by parking lots, built upon by highways or private development, or simply left unknown and untended.
—Joanna Gilmore, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2025
Unlike Culex mosquitoes, which prefer breeding near larger sources of water such as untended swimming pools, culverts or detention basins, Aedes aegypti tend to breed in much shallower standing water.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untended
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Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator or professional if the babies are visibly injured, covered in flies, crying continuously for many hours, found next to a deceased mother, or remain unattended for an extended period without any sign of the adult returning.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
20 June 2026
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Perhaps soon, agents will be good enough to do more work unattended.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
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Underdog startups and neglected divisions tell similar stories.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2026
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Cinematographer Guillermo Garza shoots neglected settings like fine art, embracing the grime.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2026
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There are luxurious high-rise towers overlooking the Mekong River, where entire floors are now deserted following police raids that cleared out the illicit operations hidden there.—
Shibani Mahtani,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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Some areas would remain deserted for over a decade, because of the risk of radiation poisoning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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Caregivers remembered him not as a forgotten man, but as someone impossible to forget.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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Hand creams are often a forgotten but very important part of any anti-aging routine, especially during the cooler months.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Untended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untended. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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