addendum

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ad·den·dum | \ ə-ˈden-dəm

plural addenda\ ə-ˈden-də

\ also addendums

Definition of addendum

1 : a thing added : addition

2 : a supplement to a book —often used in plural but singular in construction

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Francine du Plessix Gray, in an essay first written in 1991 and updated with an addendum here, writes eloquently of a lifelong obsession with weight loss, stemming from the harsh judgments of a mother enraptured by fashion. — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times Book Review, 21 Sept. 2008 This qualification, however, is not a recent addendum to Derrida's career. In 1990, near the end of the period in which rhetoric and composition had a strong interest in his work, Derrida participated in an editor's interview … in which he characterized his project as fundamentally tied to the tradition it works both within and against. — College English, September 2006 The letters are included as an addendum to the biography. there's an addendum from the author to explain certain stylistic choices that she made

Recent Examples on the Web Cordileone, in an addendum to his pastoral letter, sought to explain its timing. — David Crary, ajc, 10 May 2021 However, with the addendum to the existing contract, the amount will rise to 7.25 percent in the last year of that contract. — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2021 The California Department of Public Health recently issued an addendum to its Blueprint for a Safer Economy. — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 22 Apr. 2021 In addition to acting on the lease option Tuesday, port commissioners also approved an addendum to a 2014 environmental impact for a Sunroad hotel project and the east Harbor Island area. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2021 Newer board members defended Magyar’s performance and approval of the new contract and addendum. — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2021 Trustee Dawn Abernathy was the lone vote against the addendum. — James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2021 Tinkle had two years remaining on his contract and received an automatic one-year addendum for making the field. — John Canzano, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2021 Any objective case about bitcoin’s energy usage must necessarily feature an addendum that puts such consumption in context and lists the broader benefits of the asset. — Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021

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