companioned

verb

past tense of companion
as in accompanied
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship movie heroes are often companioned by wisecracking sidekicks

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  1. accompanied
  2. escorted
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  • The Tasting Room offers a full-service restaurant open for dinner and weekend brunch, accompanied by hyperlocal award-winning ciders—all hand-crafted on-site in a state-of-the-art cidery.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Starting with tonight's game between Brashear and Westinghouse, all students under the age of 18 will need to be accompanied by an adult over the age of 21 to be able to get into the stadium.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • The suspect wanted for pushing his estranged girlfriend and her infant daughter off their 15th-floor Bronx balcony, killing the woman, has been arrested — and smiled shamelessly when escorted to court by cops to face justice Thursday.
    — Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The fan who reached out to catch the ball was escorted out of Yankee Stadium by security and police.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of escorted
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“Companioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companioned. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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