annex 1 of 2

as in addition
a smaller structure added to a main building a new annex that will serve as the permanent home for the school library

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verb

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UConn’s plans call for a $28 million conversion of an annex in the office building at 242 Trumbull St. into 50 suites for up to 200 students that could be ready by the fall semester of 2026. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2024 Joe’s Pub, an annex of the Public Theatre, is where Escola honed their craft in the early two-thousands. Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
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It was incorporated as a village in 1866 and was annexed to Cincinnati in stages by 1925. Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2024 The leader of her Jewish Home party was Naftali Bennett, who, in the 2013 Knesset elections, campaigned on annexing a large portion of the West Bank. Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for annex 

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“Annex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annex. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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