Attending
Attending adjective - Being within the confines of a specified place.
Usage example: a surprise arrest of the operator of an illegal gambling joint and all attending employees
Late
Late adjective - Not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time.
Both words in one sentence
- Sonic was attending said anniversary party and Mario was invited but was "fashionably late".
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There's a small example in a late-80s issue of The Flash in which Captain Cold has finished his term in the Suicide Squad and the Rogues are attending a party in his honor.
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This is an Evolving Trope as society changes — a couple of generations ago, the gender ratio would have been reversed; and as late as the 1970s, young women attending further education would have been stereotyped as looking out for potential husbands.
Source: Higher Education Is for Women
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