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adds

verb

present tense third-person singular of add

as in introduces

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 calculates

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 adds Chef Williams Saurina adds his own touches, with novel spins on ceviche, zesty salsas flecked with pumpkin seeds, and aromatic Tikin Xic (sea bass with recado rojo, made from local achiote, wrapped in totomoxtle leaf). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026 The piston closure adds just the right amount of hardware without feeling particularly bold. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026 The audio hardware is identical to the standard model, but the camera adds a few new abilities. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026 French bob fans will recognize the jaw-skimming silhouette that removes excess weight and adds bounce, especially when paired with a delicate fringe. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 Shea adds that the Student Academy Awards, the Nicholl Fellowship in screenwriting and the Gold Fellowship for Women, run in partnership with Chanel, have seen an increase in international winners. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026 While growers have been implementing these practices for years, the program adds a layer of verification and documentation, alongside bale-level traceability. — Sj Studio, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 The latter fact adds poignancy to her decision to become a psychotherapist, inspired by watching Matthew’s decades of struggles. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026 One video shows a woman dancing in the mirror to the song that used the song’s original lyrics as text on top but adds a pointed parenthetical. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The program developed by Omordia and Inanga celebrates the traditions and contributions of Black composers and introduces audiences to the work of composers who have historically received less attention on the classical concert stage.

— Megan Fitzgerald, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Rosval quickly introduces the restaurant’s all-female team, who are preparing dishes from around the world here in the small city of Modena, and celebrating culinary diversity right in the heart of Italy.

— Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of introduces

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Natalie calculates that a seven-day trip gives a group roughly 100 waking hours together.

— Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
In combination with more aggressive Russian tactics and hard-right Ukraine skepticism in Europe, Putin calculates Ukraine will eventually be broken, isolated and defeated.

— Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of calculates

Verb

Alabama facility expands production Lockheed Martin broke ground on an expansion of Building P-20 in Troy that will add 47,000 square feet of manufacturing space.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
His comments come as Mastercard expands its involvement in digital assets, including through its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK, which was completed in August.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of expands

Verb

The report’s trend chart, which counts only those who expressed an opinion, shows support for continuing the embargo has hovered around 60% since 2020, up from a low of 34% in 2016, near the end of the Obama administration.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
The franchise also counts more than 1,000 licensees worldwide.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of counts

Verb

Because the driver doesn’t enforce a memory copy limit of 504 bytes, overwriting adjacent data, a malicious insider or a hacker who has gained low-level access to a local network can send an error message that appends code past this limit.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
So runs a typical sentence in Schattenfroh, as the bristlingly Latinate precariously appends two subordinate clauses, and leaves not so much a pleasant ring in the ear as a strenuous grinding of gears.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of appends

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Holding has to beat it by a premium for the risk, which the paper computes near 9% a year for a typical owner.

— Ron Smith, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Moreover, revisions to the way the Bureau of Economic Analysis computes the personal consumption expenditures price index are expected to take inflation readings issued earlier this year lower.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026