add (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for add (to)
Verb
  • Speakers said recent actions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials had provoked increasing concern over the safety of local residents attending the Club World Cup games this summer at Hard Rock Stadium.
    CD Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
  • The legislation is the signature priority of President Donald Trump, extending the 2017 tax cuts, adding billions to border security and increasing defense spending.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • This can accelerate aging and increase the risk for diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some cancers.
    Essence, Essence, 26 June 2025
  • India’s space ambitions have accelerated under Modi, who was elected to a third term last June and has tried to assert India’s place on the global stage.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • In the last five years, the company has worked to expand internationally, with budding sectors in global markets including Latin America and the United States.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 July 2025
  • Weeks later, the BBC expanded Frediani’s empire to include News at One.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Edwards and Lopez flipping positions has augmented Miami defensively, and Edwards has continued to hit (.283, .358 on base).
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
  • That starts with understanding customers' needs, using agents to augment the work sellers do and then providing sales coaching on the go with a closed-loop learning system.
    Anand Shah, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The activists claim that some of that money could be used to boost its spending on charitable endeavors.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2025
  • The survey also found a sharp increase in focus on customers: 53% of finance leaders are boosting sales and marketing budgets (up 13 points from last quarter), and 51% now rank customer acquisition and retention as a top priority.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • Business leaders must raise their voices—not just for equity, but for the sustainability and competitiveness of their own industries.
    Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The statistics seem to suggest that some students and workers are growing dependent on free AI tools—a usage pattern that might become lucrative if AI companies were to begin restricting access or raising prices.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • When multiplied across millions of units, this moves beyond the traditional Detroit territory.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Wandered far away over all the earth, captivity to captivity, multiplying, dying, being born everywhere.
    Benjamin Hale June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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“Add (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add%20%28to%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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