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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
Those who want more robust charging while parked at camp can add the optional Girard solar awning, which slides out an additional 960 watts of panels when deployed, quite similar to the Xponent awning.
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C.c. Weiss
may 30, New Atlas, 30 May 2026
The owners’ favorite room is the bathroom, where Alpi California burl wood veneer—which is also featured in the bedorom—an Art Deco checkerboard floor, and a rustic handmade ceramic vase add vintage influences from different movements.
—Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2026
The Spaniard now joins an elite club of managers after clinching his third Champions League title, winning his first for Barcelona in 2015 and adding his second for PSG last year.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
The investigation remains active and ongoing, the statement added.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
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C.c. Weiss
may 30, New Atlas, 30 May 2026
The owners’ favorite room is the bathroom, where Alpi California burl wood veneer—which is also featured in the bedorom—an Art Deco checkerboard floor, and a rustic handmade ceramic vase add vintage influences from different movements.
—Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2026
The Spaniard now joins an elite club of managers after clinching his third Champions League title, winning his first for Barcelona in 2015 and adding his second for PSG last year.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
The investigation remains active and ongoing, the statement added.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
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The coin-sized tags can be discreetly attached to keychains or placed in luggage, glove compartments, or backpacks in order to track your belongings in real time, offering step-by-step directions to locate them via the ‘Find My’ app.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2026
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Musk ultimately aims to recover both stages, via titanic robotic arms attached to the launch tower, and slash launch prices in the process.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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This is essentially a way to calculate the lowest rate that workers will accept, and the highest rate consumers will accept.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Ask the vendor to show how a complex margin scenario is calculated, and what happens when the LLM produces an incorrect result.—
Raju Malhotra,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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For us, our mission of growing careers in the music industry starts with teens and introduces them to the music industry.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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The president introduced the first new warship, dubbed the USS Defiant, in December.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 May 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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There’s no better way of summing them up.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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His first chance will be against the Colorado Rockies’ Tomoyuki Sugano as Freeland was inserted into the starting lineup at second base.—
Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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But Probst has made a gradual transition from hosting the show to shaping the show in his idealized image to, this season, inserting himself into the show and making it all about him.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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Chef Frederick Terluin, executive chef at Bally’s Baton Rouge Casino + Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, also counts the brand among his go-tos.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
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The court also will rule on the GOP’s bid to strike down laws in California and most states that allow for counting mail ballots that were postmarked by election day but arrive a few days later.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Put your return address in the upper lefthand corner, and affix a stamp on the upper righthand corner.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
20 May 2026
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Black Bear – which denied making such a threat – also required the association to affix the logo of its corporate sponsor, Biggby Coffee, to players’ jerseys, contracts show.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The deal with Curry, who is a household name in China, is expected to further boost Li-Ning’s popularity in the country and help expand the brand’s market share in the US.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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By greatly expanding the dimensions of his images, with their muted palettes, tight cropping, found symmetries, and laconic wit, had the maestro of the photographic epigram betrayed his subtractive aesthetic?—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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