as in attached
to cause (something) to hold to another
affix a first-class stamp to the envelope
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Recent Examples of affixed
During Christmas one year, when there was no money for a tree or decorations, mother and daughters taped leaves and pine cones to a paper cutout of a tree affixed to the living-room wall.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Banners and signs must be hand-held and may not obstruct the view of other guests or PHX Arena advertising signage or be temporarily or permanently affixed to the building structure.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The tags affixed to the individuals recorded swimming depths, and the researchers then paired the data with measurements of water clarity and wave height to assess how visible sharks are to planes, drones, or helicopters.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Police also found ammunition, a 2x4 wood board with what appeared to be smoke canisters affixed to it and a belt of magazine pouches around the suspect's body.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Pinion gears at each end of the layshaft engaged with the internal teeth of ring-gears that were firmly affixed to the truck’s steel-shod cart wheels.
—Ian Baker
august 24, New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2025
Their playing continues for about a minute further, according to the video, when a stagehand appears to come on stage and remove a Palestinian flag that the band had affixed to one of its speakers.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Additionally, state regulations prohibit unauthorized signs in the Right-of-Way, such as signage that is installed in the ground or affixed to a structure, such as the fence on a highway overpass.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
Neither do the police, nor the Ring cameras affixed to the facades on several neighborhood homes, though at least the latter capture footage of kids bounding through their front doors, arms splayed like wings, into early morning’s opaque embrace.
—Andy Crump, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Banners and signs must be hand-held and may not obstruct the view of other guests or PHX Arena advertising signage or be temporarily or permanently affixed to the building structure.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The tags affixed to the individuals recorded swimming depths, and the researchers then paired the data with measurements of water clarity and wave height to assess how visible sharks are to planes, drones, or helicopters.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Police also found ammunition, a 2x4 wood board with what appeared to be smoke canisters affixed to it and a belt of magazine pouches around the suspect's body.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Pinion gears at each end of the layshaft engaged with the internal teeth of ring-gears that were firmly affixed to the truck’s steel-shod cart wheels.
—Ian Baker
august 24, New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2025
Their playing continues for about a minute further, according to the video, when a stagehand appears to come on stage and remove a Palestinian flag that the band had affixed to one of its speakers.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Additionally, state regulations prohibit unauthorized signs in the Right-of-Way, such as signage that is installed in the ground or affixed to a structure, such as the fence on a highway overpass.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
Neither do the police, nor the Ring cameras affixed to the facades on several neighborhood homes, though at least the latter capture footage of kids bounding through their front doors, arms splayed like wings, into early morning’s opaque embrace.
—Andy Crump, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affixed
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That accusation was included as a footnote attached to documents the government filed in immigration court.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
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The line's two cars, each capable of carrying around 40 people, are attached to opposite ends of a haulage cable with traction provided by electric motors on the cars that counterbalance each other.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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In this 2024 summer blockbuster, Miami's favorite bantering detectives go on a high-stakes mission to clear their late captain's name after he's wrongfully tied to a drug conspiracy.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Affixed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affixed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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