as in to add
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
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Recent Examples of append
Spivack recommends the use of authentication software such as Content Credentials, developed by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, which appends metadata about provenance to images and videos.
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Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Jeffrey Goldberg, the magazine’s editor, endorsed it in a note appended to the excerpt.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Professional roles are often appended with -in to denote the female form: der Lehrer (male teacher) becomes die Lehrerin (female teacher).
—Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Those full-album renditions will be appended with second sets throwing in fan favorites from the rest of the Scottish indie-pop band’s catalog.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 19 Aug. 2025
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Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Jeffrey Goldberg, the magazine’s editor, endorsed it in a note appended to the excerpt.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Professional roles are often appended with -in to denote the female form: der Lehrer (male teacher) becomes die Lehrerin (female teacher).
—Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Those full-album renditions will be appended with second sets throwing in fan favorites from the rest of the Scottish indie-pop band’s catalog.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 19 Aug. 2025
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The looming departures add pressure to an industry already contending with 350,000 open positions — a shortfall that’s expected to grow in coming years as the nation ages.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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The researchers stopped adding new data at specific points and let the model run forward on its own.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Append.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/append. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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