attends (to)

verb

present tense third-person singular of attend (to)
1
as in ministers (to)

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as in picks out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attends (to)
  1. marks
  2. identifies
  3. considers
  4. makes out
  5. picks up
  6. minds
Verb
  • Officials said the finding marks the first rabies case in an animal reported in the county this year.
    — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The arrival marks Beyoncé’s forty-fifth appearance on the ranking as a soloist.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of marks
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  • From names like ChatGPT and Gemini to Meta AI, Perplexity, and even Grok, the report identifies which chatbots are the most privacy-friendly and transparent in their practices and which are the worst offenders.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
  • If a patient identifies a clinical trial at a viable location and wants to be considered, the patient should contact the trial recruiters directly and ask them, Balch said.
    — Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of identifies
Verb
  • Apple considers these high-confidence alerts that someone has specifically targeted you with unusually sophisticated spyware.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In the film, the German documentary filmmaker considers the heady question of what the internet might be doing to us humans.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of considers
Verb
  • The contemporary media environment makes out-and-out suppression of a book difficult.
    — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
  • Even Fraser makes out with Rainbeau and Damo.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of makes out
Verb
  • The bomber picks up the hidden camera attached to something across the street and runs.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The episode picks up when Bret and Robert have their first tense interaction — their vaguely hostile and lightly homoerotic back-and-forth continues to be the highlight of the show for me.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of picks up
Verb
  • When to stick or twist The other big question in fantasy managers minds if when to stick with a captain haul and when to twist — and this is another element of the game which is dynamic.
    — Holly Shand, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Not that Black minds any of that, though.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of minds
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