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as in to attach
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
the band recently added a saxophonist and a keyboard player to its ranks add another cup of flour to the mixture
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as in to calculate
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
when she added all the phone charges herself, she discovered an error in her bill
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Recent Examples of add
The American Psychiatric Association adds that mind-body practices belong in the same conversation.
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Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026
Eating watermelon seeds adds protein and minerals to your diet while staying low in calories.
—Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
Update antiques with fresh fabrics or colors to add personality to your space.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 13 June 2026
Jordan Staal has scored seven goals and added one assist over the past 10 games.
—ABC News, 13 June 2026
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Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026
Eating watermelon seeds adds protein and minerals to your diet while staying low in calories.
—Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
Update antiques with fresh fabrics or colors to add personality to your space.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 13 June 2026
Jordan Staal has scored seven goals and added one assist over the past 10 games.
—ABC News, 13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for add
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In a new study, University of Miami Rosenstiel School researchers found that sensors usually attached to sharks to investigate their behavior can also allow scientists to track temperature changes in parts of the oceans often inaccessible to satellites and drifters pulled by currents.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Placing dry clothing in a dryer on high heat for 10 minutes can help kill ticks that have attached to your clothes, according to the release.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
14 June 2026
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Nursing home operators argued the state failed to properly account for the medical complexity of residents when calculating those payments, reducing reimbursement for facilities caring for some of the sickest patients.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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Traditional points systems rarely establish a clear relationship to purchasing power, leaving consumers to calculate value against shifting redemption rates, and shrinking availability.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Some Republicans support Democratic amendments Kayla Dwyer Democrats on the Senate elections committee introduced four amendments to the redistricting bill, all of which failed ― but not strictly along party lines.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
9 Dec. 2025
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Skaggs eventually introduced him to Kay as a potential source of pills.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
9 Dec. 2025
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Speaking time per person was calculated by summing the duration of each of their utterances and excluding silent gaps.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2026
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But nothing sums it up better than this – almost half of the group got Percy Jackson tattoos while in Rome, many designed by one of our travelers.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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Nothing did, so three times over the course of twelve weeks the group bared their arms and allowed strangers to poke them with a needle, through which flowed something new, a substance never before inserted into human bodies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Depositphotos In a new MIT study – in partnership with Purdue, Northwestern, and Duke universities – chemists have discovered that inserting weaker bonds into polystyrene actually makes the material more resistant to damage.—
Shirl Leigh
June 10,
New Atlas,
10 June 2026
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Meanwhile, the secretary of state's office and the State Election Board have further muddied the waters by issuing conflicting guidance for county election officials about how votes should be cast and counted.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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As California takes weeks to count ballots, Republicans renew their attacks on the state’s mail-in voting system and the integrity of its elections.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
14 June 2026
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With his pragmatic glamazons and funny little hats and accessories – one classic flap had the head and legs of a giraffe affixed to it – his clothes are witty without being memes.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
3 Dec. 2025
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Turning Slater into the iconic Wizard of Oz character took about five hours in the chair, and involved a collaboration between the makeup, prosthetics and costume teams, as the silver elements of Nessarose’s office are shown affixing themselves to him to create his armor.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Nov. 2025
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The engineer was the cofounder of Wang Laboratories, which helped propel computing into the office with its line of word processors.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The company has a $300 billion, five-year partnership with OpenAI for computing power.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
11 June 2026
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“Add.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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