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as in guides
one that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy
let the hotel attendant help them with their bags
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as in accompaniments
something that is found along with something else
disease is the inevitable attendant of poor sanitation
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Recent Examples of attendants
In the light rail’s early days, CATS attendants checked tickets frequently enough that people assumed the risk of getting slapped with a fare evasion fee was too high, McCrory said.
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Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
Four of the five campsites have flush toilets, hot showers, and camp attendants (from $40 per person, plus a $40 daily park entrance fee per person and a $15 daily vehicle entry fee).
—Mazuba Kapambwe, AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025
The Teamsters union includes cooks and other food service workers, as well as groundskeepers, janitors, parking attendants, maintenance workers, mechanics and more.
—Emma McNamee, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
At the end of the episode, tragedy strikes when Robbie’s latest robbery ends in one of his henchmen and all of the drug house’s attendants dying.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
The attendants are about 70% women.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
Flynn led a hearing in early 2020 that addressed suicide prevention measures for high-rise parking garages, focusing on whether railings, signage, cameras and training for attendants should be required.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
Four of the five campsites have flush toilets, hot showers, and camp attendants (from $40 per person, plus a $40 daily park entrance fee per person and a $15 daily vehicle entry fee).
—Mazuba Kapambwe, AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025
The Teamsters union includes cooks and other food service workers, as well as groundskeepers, janitors, parking attendants, maintenance workers, mechanics and more.
—Emma McNamee, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
At the end of the episode, tragedy strikes when Robbie’s latest robbery ends in one of his henchmen and all of the drug house’s attendants dying.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
The attendants are about 70% women.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
Flynn led a hearing in early 2020 that addressed suicide prevention measures for high-rise parking garages, focusing on whether railings, signage, cameras and training for attendants should be required.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attendants
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While safari game drives are included in each stay, guests can also sign up for nature walks with expert guides, horseback riding safaris across the plateau, walks with camels, and active ranching tours.—
Rebekah Peppler,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
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As the brand grew, however, Laine emerged as the company's director of guides, while her husband took on the position of director of programming.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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His father, a former military officer, was imprisoned following the Iranian revolution until his mother was able to negotiate his release with prison guards, according to reporting by the New York Times.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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Lily Mathé, one of the orchestra’s best violinists, vividly remembered being made to play jolly tunes in the SS officers’ mess at Auschwitz every evening while the guards ate their dinner.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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The settlers, their military escorts and 1,000 head of livestock traveled about 1,200 miles across rugged wilderness for about 5 1/2 months to forts and missions.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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Imagery captured by the ESA's Sentinel-2 satellites on September 11, 2025, shows the Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Fujian, top, and operating alongside two escorts in the East China Sea.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Dogs have come to be man’s closest companions, but their story begins in the wild.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Golden retrievers, while intelligent and eager to please, are more commonly found retrieving game, assisting as service animals, or acting as family companions.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Attendants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attendants. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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