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as in accompanies
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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as in listens
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 supervises
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 coincides
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 attends
Missy, who attends Spot’s Place five days a week, was not scheduled that Monday because of a vet appointment.
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Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
Missy, who attends Spot’s Place in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Monday through Friday, dug her way out of her backyard and traveled to the daycare on her own after she wasn’t scheduled that day.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Like his siblings, Louis attends Lambrook School, a prep school for children ages 3-13 near the family's home in Windsor, England.
—Katie Kindelan, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Prince Harry attends the Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv, Ukraine, and over in London, Simone Ashley arrives at the BBC Studios to promote The Devil Wears Prada 2.
—Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Rebecca Ellis’s son John Patrick, 5, attends the private Capitol Hill Child Enrichment Center in Atlanta free of charge, thanks to the state’s preschool-for-all program.
—Moriah Balingit, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Snead’s daughter attends USC, and his son works in USC’s football front office.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
It’s not known which Nashville high school Sunday attends.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Nick attends most performances so far.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
Missy, who attends Spot’s Place in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Monday through Friday, dug her way out of her backyard and traveled to the daycare on her own after she wasn’t scheduled that day.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Like his siblings, Louis attends Lambrook School, a prep school for children ages 3-13 near the family's home in Windsor, England.
—Katie Kindelan, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Prince Harry attends the Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv, Ukraine, and over in London, Simone Ashley arrives at the BBC Studios to promote The Devil Wears Prada 2.
—Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Rebecca Ellis’s son John Patrick, 5, attends the private Capitol Hill Child Enrichment Center in Atlanta free of charge, thanks to the state’s preschool-for-all program.
—Moriah Balingit, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Snead’s daughter attends USC, and his son works in USC’s football front office.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
It’s not known which Nashville high school Sunday attends.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Nick attends most performances so far.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attends
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Diplomacy and the pragmatic duplicity that sometimes accompanies it are ingrained at every level of Iran’s political class.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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Even in the fallout of this argument, Margo accompanies Jinx to the fan expo.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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From the attic above their apartment, their Stasi man listens for evidence of subversion.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Chinese government officially recognizes five religions — Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism and Islam — and tightly supervises them.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The group recruits, trains and supervises volunteers who represent children in the foster care system in juvenile courts, according to its website.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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The release also coincides with a broader expansion of the resort’s private ski infrastructure.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
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This release coincides with the tenth anniversary of the death of His Purple Highness, the singer, songwriter, producer, philanthropist, musician and multi-instrumentalist with an unfathomable life and work.—
Darío Gael Blanco,
Vanity Fair,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sandburg’s Alanna Noone hears the jokes from time to time.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday about a relatively new law enforcement technique that allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2026
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Cacioppo—who taught herself to code from books before writing Vanta’s first prototype—now oversees roughly 1,000 employees.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Volunteers from local neigborhood watch group Shomrim were on the scene quickly, Rabbi Herschel Gluck, who oversees a nearby branch of the organization, told CNN.—
Jomana Karadsheh,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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The scene where Niall watches Ruben dancing in their bedroom, was that choreographed?—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Even if a fraction of the clip audience watches or listens to the entirety of something, that audience tends to be very engaged and usually motivated to pay for that content.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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North East Trees, a local environmental justice group, manages about 37 acres of the site that feature trails and native plant installations.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Both Google and Microsoft have found that roughly 70 percent of serious security flaws come down to the ways in which software manages memory.—
Evan Johnson,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Attends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attends. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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