in attendance

idiom

1
: present at an event, meeting, etc.
Everyone in attendance voted in favor of the measure.
A number of celebrities were in attendance.
2
: caring for or helping someone who is giving birth or getting medical treatment
Who was in attendance at the birth?
midwives/doctors in attendance

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Chauhan will be in attendance to demonstrate his dancing after the 7 p.m. screening and will also have an onstage Q&A with Sramana Mitra, founder and CEO of tech startup incubator One Million by One Million. Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024 Kelce had a regular season career-high 14 receptions for 100 yards on the night with his global megastar girlfriend Taylor Swift in attendance cheering him on. Kevin Dotson, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 As if the venue weren’t gay enough, literati from playwright Jeremy O. Harris to Evan Ross Katz — the social-media-age Cindy Adams — are in attendance to toast the film. Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 Combs' mother, Janice Combs — who arrived from Florida — and his children were in attendance at the federal courthouse in Manhattan. Hannah Sacks, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in attendance 

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“In attendance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20attendance. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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