as in attended
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
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Recent Examples of escorted
Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
Occupants were seen wearing masks on the deck as the boat was escorted through the port by a tug boat and a Dutch police boat.
—CBS News, 18 May 2026
The disruptive passenger was escorted off the aircraft and issued a no-fly ban by Qantas, according to The Guardian and 9 News.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
Espada and an athletic trainer met Altuve at the top step of the dugout and escorted him to the team’s clubhouse.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 17 May 2026
No more being escorted around in luxury SUVs.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2026
As flags across the state remained at half-staff, Kempthorne’s casket arrived to the Capitol in a cream-white hearse escorted by a motorcade made up of Idaho State Police and Boise police officers.
—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2026
Two Russian military ships, the Ivan Gren and Aleksandr Otrakovsky, escorted the vessel, and on the morning of December 22, the Portuguese navy dropped the tail, the statement added.
—Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks escorted the travelers from ship to shore in Tenerife, an effort that continued Monday.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Verb
After the funeral Mass, a long police motorcade escorted Arnold to Cedar Knoll Cemetery in Taunton, where bagpipes played, veterans saluted, and American flags were handed out to mourners lining the procession.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
Occupants were seen wearing masks on the deck as the boat was escorted through the port by a tug boat and a Dutch police boat.
—CBS News, 18 May 2026
The disruptive passenger was escorted off the aircraft and issued a no-fly ban by Qantas, according to The Guardian and 9 News.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
Espada and an athletic trainer met Altuve at the top step of the dugout and escorted him to the team’s clubhouse.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 17 May 2026
No more being escorted around in luxury SUVs.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2026
As flags across the state remained at half-staff, Kempthorne’s casket arrived to the Capitol in a cream-white hearse escorted by a motorcade made up of Idaho State Police and Boise police officers.
—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2026
Two Russian military ships, the Ivan Gren and Aleksandr Otrakovsky, escorted the vessel, and on the morning of December 22, the Portuguese navy dropped the tail, the statement added.
—Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks escorted the travelers from ship to shore in Tenerife, an effort that continued Monday.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escorted
accompanied
Adjective
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The department says Archaga-Elvir was arrested in Texas as an accompanied minor in 2015, but he was released by the Obama administration.—
Preston Mizell,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Escorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escorted. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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