ATTENDING (TO) Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

attending (to)

verb

Definition of attending (to)

present participle of attend (to)

as in ministering (to)

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as in picking out

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The White House has taken a more active role in the festivities than initially planned, setting up its own Freedom 250 project to supplement America250, a bipartisan congressional effort to celebrate the occasion.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
The figures involved in setting up the fight are Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Al-Sheikh, Ring Magazine and Saudi entertainment group Sela as well as broadcaster Netflix.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 17 June 2026

Definition of setting up

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Not the family stuff, like Natalie’s spontaneous nipple piercing after making out with Cady’s maybe-daughter, Nevaeh (Malia Pyles), who later murders her own mother after kissing her, for way too long, on the mouth.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
The finale concluded on an uncomfortable cliffhanger between Benny and Carmen, as the former walked in on the latter making out with his crush Miles (Rish Shah), leading to an unexpected confrontation in which Benny is accidentally outed to his sister.

— Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 June 2026

Definition of making out

Verb

From patriotic events marking the milestone to hands-on crafts and outings designed for time with the grandkids, there’s no shortage of ways to get out and enjoy the season.

— Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
More than 60 drones targeted Moscow overnight, the city’s mayor said Tuesday, marking another major aerial attack on the Russian capital as Ukraine intensifies its long-range weapons campaign.

— Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 30 June 2026

Definition of marking

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Why Overreaction Is Dangerous The immune analogy becomes especially useful when considering failure modes.

— Abhik Biswas, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
The Facebook parent is also considering selling raw computing capacity à la neocloud companies like CoreWeave, according to the report.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Definition of considering

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The program has also introduced Earthster, a modeling platform that helps companies evaluate the environmental impact of semiconductor manufacturing by identifying energy use, material consumption, and carbon-emission hotspots across their products.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
The unknown profile, prosecutors said, did not contain enough identifying information to be submitted to CODIS, the national DNA database.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

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