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as in resultant
coming as a result
dreaded the coming flu season and the attendant flood of school absences
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2
as in accompanying
present at the same time and place
the movie stars' divorce and the attendant press coverage about it
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as in accompaniment
something that is found along with something else
disease is the inevitable attendant of poor sanitation
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Recent Examples of attendant
Elizabeth Wydra and Nina Henry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Eliminate Health Savings Accounts, and the attendant tax savings, replacing them with a Roth-style account.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Jordan Sargent, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
But my other attendants had been first-rate, professional, safe.
—Fabiola Santiago, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The guarantee of birthright citizenship goes back centuries, but the need for the United States to codify the rule became necessary after Dred Scott v. Sandford, the infamous 1857 decision denying the citizenship—and attendant constitutional rights and protections—of African Americans.
—Elizabeth Wydra and Nina Henry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Eliminate Health Savings Accounts, and the attendant tax savings, replacing them with a Roth-style account.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
Last summer, at a press conference in Las Vegas, league commissioner Adam Silver was asked whether the new CBA, with all its attendant jargon, was making the league too difficult for the layman to follow.
—Jordan Sargent, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
But my other attendants had been first-rate, professional, safe.
—Fabiola Santiago, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attendant
Adjective
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The rally in bonds and resultant drop in interest rates is, in my opinion, a sector rotation out of equities.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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System 1 is then populated by System 2's processing of experiences in the world, and the resultant distillation of what works and therefore is the next best action (or word).—
Marcus Weldon,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In its accompanying video, Black brings a sense of campy glamour to the courthouse.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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In an accompanying editorial, Dr. Dhruv Kazi, associate director of the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center In Boston, said risk factors for cardiovascular disease are expected to rise over the next several years.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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No civil or criminal charges were brought against Masrani individually and, if history is any guide, none will be filed.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Also check out our guides to the Best Cold-Brew Devices and Best French Press, and stock up on beans with the Best Coffee Subscriptions.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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All season performances take place at the Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, with live accompaniment by the Lyric Opera Orchestra.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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Artemis now sometimes provides musical accompaniment in the Crossroads.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The reduction in future Social Security benefits caused by these excess deaths was then recalculated by NBER to $205 billion considering the consequent decrease in future payroll tax flows and higher payments to surviving spouses and children.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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The consequent ubiquity of the word has brought us to Phase 3, in which people now say oneshotted without quotation marks—not in reference to the original post but rather as a vehicle for conveying its own meaning.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Told through the perspective of three clinic escort leaders in Ohio, North Carolina and Maryland, this film investigates the struggle to maintain safety and battle mental exhaustion on the front lines of America’s longest culture war.—
Hilary Lewis,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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Jane Fonda, Klute This neo-noir crime drama features Fonda in the leading role of Bree Daniels, an escort with acting aspirations who becomes entangled in a missing persons mystery.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Truly a classic beauty of the Minervois and an ambassador of the best from this land, including associated value.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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According to the health care research firm KFF, the number of those enrolled in Medicaid and the associated Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Ohio has fallen from over 3.4 million to under 2.9 million between March 2023 and October 2024.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But as Pirates coach Bo Patton sees it, there are two ways to look at what the 6-foot-4 senior guard/forward brings to the team.—
Dave Melton,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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Star guard Kyrie Irving tore his ACL in the first quarter of the Mavericks' loss to the Sacramento Kings, ending his season and leaving his availability for the start of the 2025-26 campaign in doubt.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Attendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attendant. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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