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accompanied

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verb

past tense of accompany

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of accompanied
Adjective
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
Verb
In contrast to previous technology booms, this time around there appears to be a stronger expectation that wealth should be accompanied by responsibility. — Joe Crome, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 They’ll be accompanied onstage by real-life couple Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 That pay period included Calvo’s attendance at Dade Days, the annual advocacy event in Tallahassee during the Florida legislative session, to which Ginestra accompanied him. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 The passengers were accompanied by family members who waited for their arrival. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 That growth has been accompanied by disparagement from some sports fans, who gripe about the company’s scale and the quality of its products. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Lee met him at the airport and accompanied Rogers and Yu Yu to the hospital for the birth. — Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 The child, the now-teenaged James Fulton Engstrom, is slated to present relics of Sheen at the ceremony, accompanied by his family, who had sought Sheen's intercession for healing. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 The half-mast tail is often accompanied by a stiff-legged gait and perhaps some hoof stomping. — Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanied
Verb
  • During his speech, Vance was twice interrupted by protesters who were booed by the crowd and promptly escorted out.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Aces' Jackie Young had two male Fever fans escorted from their seats at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The episode coincided with the NFT market’s colonization of cultural assets and collectibles and the rise of its accompanying online culture.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • This development has coincided with rapid institutional adoption of tokenization.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev attended a ceremony at Thessaloniki's Museum of Byzantine Civilization, where the remains were kept, before the handover.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • About 285,000 attended last year, making the United States the festival’s largest source of overseas visitors.
    — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • On Monday, a kayaker happened upon a half-kilogram of cocaine off Sumerland Key in the Lower Keys.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The crash happened as a white Toyota Prius traveling north on Gillham Plaza struck the pedestrian, according to the crash log.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • At the Irish Rep, director Ciarán O’Reilly has brought O’Neill’s expressionist howl back for a swift, sturdy, smaller-scale revival that now feels unnervingly on-the-pulse.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • For 70 years, the festival has brought really the best of the year in cinema to audiences.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Accompanied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanied. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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