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attending

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noun

attending

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verb

present participle of attend
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as in listening
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 coinciding
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 attending
Noun
Every member of this person’s care team—from nurses and social workers to residents and attendings—nodded in agreement. Zoe Adams, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024 More interns sleep together in the closet than attendings! Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
Verb
Manufacturers attending this year include Volvo, RAM, Porsche, Toyota, VW, Nissan, Rolls-Royce, MB, Lucid, Maserati, KIA, Lamborghini, Hyundai, Honda, Fiat, Ford, Genesis, Jeep, Lincoln, Jeep, Dodge, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Audi, Alfa Romeo, Acura, Cadillac, Bentley and others. Marc D. Grasso, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025 The honor roll student and National Honor Society member is an AP scholar with distinction and will be attending Colgate University with a major in biochemistry. Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for attending
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attending
Adjective
  • Members would submit an annual report of their findings to legislative management and present legislative management with potential changes to consider in future sessions.
    Grant Coursey, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The member who is present abstains from voting yes or no, thus the absent member’s vote is canceled out.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Its jelly texture can get a little messy, but its accompanying spatula makes application way easier and cleaner.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The main swimming pool and spa sit across the lawn at the back of the main residence, and its accompanying pool house offers one-bedroom, one-bath accommodations.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • What’s the statistic there, the average ER physician has to see a patient every three to four minutes?
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • What happens when a bride returning on a flight from her honeymoon – and who is a family medicine physician – starts to feel intense chest pain and nausea and an emergency room physician are on the same flight?
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The listening phase also involves a countywide survey, to be released later this year, to solicit feedback from the general public.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Thank you for watching and listening, and enjoy!
    Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • And, coinciding with the holiday, the space station could easily double as Santa's sleigh to innocent eyes.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The study show that a major volcanic pulse occurred about 30,000 years before the impact, coinciding with at least a 5 degrees cooling of the climate.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Artist and photographer Nona Faustine, who made Black womanhood and the attendant topics of identity, history, and representation her subjects in works of stunning visual power, died in New York on March 20.
    News Desk, Artforum, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Whereas distressed assets do have great upside potential, there are also attendant risks that should be properly addressed.
    Arman Harutyunyan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • During a procedure to remove the masses, doctors found two additional tumors in her lungs.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • In such cases, law-enforcement officers—but also, at times, doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, mostly working for private corporations—watch for days, weeks, and months as ailing people waste away in their care.
    Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Roles will increasingly revolve around supervising, collaborating with, or augmenting the capabilities of AI agents.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Rick Morales is supervising producer.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024

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“Attending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attending. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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