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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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2
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
Detention policy adds pressure to families to leave In the meantime, Ulises, Parias' son, has been working to fix the car in which his father was shot.
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Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 20 June 2026
For an eye-catching take on tropical florals, try adding 3D hibiscus flowers to your next vacay-ready mani.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 20 June 2026
The report added that if Mystic did have an evacuation plan for the Guadalupe River-adjacent cabins based on previous flood experiences, it was not put into writing or communicated to the staff, counselors and campers.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
Naz Hillmon added 19 points for the Dream.
—ABC News, 20 June 2026
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Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 20 June 2026
For an eye-catching take on tropical florals, try adding 3D hibiscus flowers to your next vacay-ready mani.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 20 June 2026
The report added that if Mystic did have an evacuation plan for the Guadalupe River-adjacent cabins based on previous flood experiences, it was not put into writing or communicated to the staff, counselors and campers.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
Naz Hillmon added 19 points for the Dream.
—ABC News, 20 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for add
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Vermax was in dire trouble until Baela Targaryen (Bethany Antonia) heroically steered her Moondancer and broke the rope attached to the anchor.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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Her client’s closet filled with new items, the tags still attached.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
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Patients compared treatment quotes, looked at airfare, and calculated whether the trip made financial sense.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Analysts then calculated the average cost of a pie in each city, providing a snapshot of which spots offer the most affordable pizzas.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
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More bills have been introduced this year than last, including by Republicans, said Justine Gluck, policy director of the Future of Privacy Forum, a nonprofit that advocates for data privacy in technology and whose members are from industry, academia and civic groups.—
Marc Levy,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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The brand quickly brought new models to market and introduced a novel come-to-the-customer sales and service experience that let buyers bypass dealerships—Genesis was sold and serviced through existing Hyundai stores.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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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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Gauff’s friend and former pro tennis player Chris Eubanks had another way to sum it all up.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
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Manager John Schneider is now forced to shuffle players like Andrés Gimenez and Ernie Clement at shortstop, often platooning Gimenez, and inserting lesser hitters at second base.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Fed watchers expect Warsh could pass on inserting his view on the future path of rates from the grid, which is watched closely on Wall Street but has had an uneven track record as a forecasting tool.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
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One group counts $25 million in support from OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, alongside $100 million tied to one of Silicon Valley’s biggest venture capital firms, which holds a large stake in OpenAI.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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Eternal Sunshine, Thank U, Next, My Everything and Positions are counted among her half-dozen rulers.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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To the eye, that’s obvious; as far as your vision can tell, all the planets and stars are mere dots of light affixed to a flat sky.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
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Trump’s deputy chief of staff shared a video of the moment on social media, showing the President affixing his signature to a document in familiar Sharpie.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
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Moody's cautioned in January that capital spending on computing power was outpacing the revenue growth from AI applications.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Just as brains use synapses—the links connecting neurons—to help them both compute and store data, neuromorphic devices often combine both operations.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
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