in attendance
idiom
1
: present at an event, meeting, etc.
Everyone in attendance voted in favor of the measure.
A number of celebrities were in attendance.
2
: caring for or helping someone who is giving birth or getting medical treatment
Who was in attendance at the birth?
midwives/doctors in attendance
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Over 500 people were in attendance from as far away as Florida.
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Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
And on Thursday in Roseville, Calif., with Logan Webb in attendance, Schewe was sentenced to 20 years to life imprisonment, bringing justice, if not closure to a family’s devastating loss.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Lady Frederick Windsor, Princess Beatrice (with Edo and Wolfie Mapelli Mozzi), the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and Lady Gabriella Windsor were all said to be in attendance too.
—Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
Retreating quickly from the scene even with more than a month remaining in his term, Joe Biden will not be in attendance.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
And on Thursday in Roseville, Calif., with Logan Webb in attendance, Schewe was sentenced to 20 years to life imprisonment, bringing justice, if not closure to a family’s devastating loss.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Lady Frederick Windsor, Princess Beatrice (with Edo and Wolfie Mapelli Mozzi), the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and Lady Gabriella Windsor were all said to be in attendance too.
—Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
Retreating quickly from the scene even with more than a month remaining in his term, Joe Biden will not be in attendance.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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“In attendance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20attendance. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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