1
as in escorted
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
a passel of assistants attend the movie star wherever she goes
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2
as in listened
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
I'm sorry, but all the noise means I'm having a hard time attending to the conversation
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as in watched
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
tired of attending other people's children, the nanny was eager to have a child of her own
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as in coincided
to occur or exist at the same time
all the pomp and circumstance that attend the opening of the Olympic Games
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Recent Examples of attended
Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
The outbreak seems to have occurred in people, including students from two universities, who attended a nightclub in early March.
—Kathleen Felton, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2026
According to a sentencing memorandum filed in Jackson County court Monday, both Williams and Smith attended Truman High School at the time of the incident.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
The credit is valid for the specific match attended and does not carry over to future matches.
—Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
Since winning double Olympic gold in Milan last month, figure skater Alysa Liu has amassed 8 million Instagram followers (and counting), attended Paris fashion week, hobnobbed at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, received a key to the city of Oakland and received murals painted in her honor.
—Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Their identities were confirmed by Canadian news reports and by a college that one pilot attended.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
Although the premiere was attended by a handful of Cyrus' former co-stars, only a few appear in the special, including her dad Billy Ray Cyrus, who played Hannah's father in the show, and Selena Gomez, who played Mikayla, Hannah's pop rival in the series.
—Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
Moss, the only woman who had been freed under the Survivors’ Act, attended the hearings that summer.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
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Thompson attended the press conference with her son, who was in the car when she was arrested.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
The outbreak seems to have occurred in people, including students from two universities, who attended a nightclub in early March.
—Kathleen Felton, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2026
According to a sentencing memorandum filed in Jackson County court Monday, both Williams and Smith attended Truman High School at the time of the incident.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
The credit is valid for the specific match attended and does not carry over to future matches.
—Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
Since winning double Olympic gold in Milan last month, figure skater Alysa Liu has amassed 8 million Instagram followers (and counting), attended Paris fashion week, hobnobbed at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, received a key to the city of Oakland and received murals painted in her honor.
—Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Their identities were confirmed by Canadian news reports and by a college that one pilot attended.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
Although the premiere was attended by a handful of Cyrus' former co-stars, only a few appear in the special, including her dad Billy Ray Cyrus, who played Hannah's father in the show, and Selena Gomez, who played Mikayla, Hannah's pop rival in the series.
—Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
Moss, the only woman who had been freed under the Survivors’ Act, attended the hearings that summer.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attended
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Under sunny skies, and accompanied by warm southerly winds of 5 to 10 mph, Austin’s daytime temperatures on Saturday could soar to 94 degrees, similar to the 97-degree reading last Sunday (a record for March 15).—
Roberto Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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One, a 7-year-old girl named Birdie, was accompanied by her mother, who sat at the same piano stool a generation ago as a student.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Kollra had listened over two-and-a-half weeks to testimony and arguments, including testimony from one of the officers, who offered an account of the events leading up to the shooting.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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When Lindy shouted, women listened.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2026
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Oklahoma City's Ajay Mitchell also watched while serving a one-game suspension for fighting in Saturday's 132-111 win at Washington.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Millions of people, including schoolchildren nationwide, watched.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Ralph Waldo period also coincided with what Ballgame has described as a prolonged period of depression.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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Yet the graphic below shows a 10-game average of Palace’s direct attacks per game — as a proxy of counter-attacking — and indicates a sharp drop-off around the time of that 2-1 defeat by Sunderland, a match that coincided with the sale of Guehi.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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On Tuesday night, Orosco flew back to the United States, escorted by Miami-Dade Sheriff's detectives and the FBI.—
Anna McAllister,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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For more than a decade, Morgan Webb escorted visiting employees around Charlotte as part of a corporate relocation program for the financial services company Equitable.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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Before the collision, an air traffic controller can be heard on airport communications frantically telling the fire truck to stop.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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The bill was heard in the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation last week, and it was referred to what’s called the suspense file, a process in the statehouse where bills with fiscal impacts are set aside in the Appropriations Committee for later consideration.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
23 Mar. 2026
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Nelson Nuñez's brother, father, and mother testified through a translator, saying Nuñez would be well supervised if allowed out on bond, was not a danger to the community, and would not flee.—
Peter D'Oench,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has driven a tank during army training supervised by her father, the pair’s latest joint public appearance fueling outside speculation that the girl is being groomed as Kim’s heir.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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In May, Judge Bryan Biedscheid, the judge who oversaw the trial, is slated to hold a bench trial on the state’s claims that Meta created a public nuisance that harmed state residents’ health and safety.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
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President Obama oversaw the creation of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, commonly known as the Simpson-Bowles (or Bowles-Simpson) Commission.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Attended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attended. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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