as in additional
resulting in an increase in amount or number
ever since his mother got sick, he's had the added responsibility of getting his little sister ready for school
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as in attached
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 calculated
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 added
Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Tomato sauce and tomato paste without added salt keep the sodium level to a minimum.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2025
At Arsenal, to the emergence of Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly last season can be added 15-year-old Max Dowman this season.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The bag also has slash-resistant body panels and shoulder straps for added safety.
—Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Tomato sauce and tomato paste without added salt keep the sodium level to a minimum.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
Planells added that eating within two hours of waking up helps stabilize blood sugar, kickstart metabolism, and align eating with your circadian rhythm.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2025
At Arsenal, to the emergence of Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly last season can be added 15-year-old Max Dowman this season.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
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Some robo-advisors offer additional features, such as access to a human advisor and tax-loss harvesting, which uses losses to offset other portfolio gains.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Since September 2024, a new federal law requires mammogram reports to state whether breast tissue is dense, and to mention the possibility of additional imaging.—
Dr. Megha Gupta,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Beatrice Rossmanith, who is an agent for the Korean Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), and her consultancy Mothership is attached to lead the digital and sales strategy for the format, with realuty competition producer Anssi Rimpelä’s UpToLevel Media also attached.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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And producers are looking again for the serious, boring money with no strings attached.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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The exchange calculated that California consumers on exchange plans would see an average premium increase of 97% if the credits are not extended.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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District leaders had warned against comparisons because the new scores were calculated so differently.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But senior Biden administration officials saw it as a further step toward the dismantling of the nation’s constitutional democracy.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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In a further update during a press conference on Sunday, Chief of Police Renye said that four people, plus the shooter, had died in the attack, according to a clip shared by NBC News.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Its roots trace back to the Spanish colonization of Mexico in the 16th century, when wheat was introduced to the Americas.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The company also introduced a happy hour menu and brought back other fan favorites, SeafoodSource reported.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Suiter claimed the county was unable to specifically itemize the various charges that summed to $25,000 — apart from the additional $8,000 for parking — and that the figure had been determined arbitrarily, both allegations that Krueger disputed.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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Blaney summed it up by saying that race car drivers, like basketball and football players, have a switch.—
Andy Frye,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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A little further out, there’s a much more conventional factory site, where giant industrial mixers mass-produce the Firmenich scents.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Kentucky residents purchase more candy corn than the national average, but not as much as the top states.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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According to Beauty Independent, the line, which made its initial debut at Walmart and later expanded to CVS and Ulta, will close its doors for good.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
26 Sep. 2025
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In 2023, the financial firm expanded 10,000 Small Businesses into rural states, specifically, with a $100 million investment.—
Jon Walker,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Added.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/added. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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