as in attaching
to cause (something) to hold to another
affix a first-class stamp to the envelope
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Recent Examples of affixing
The team noted the changes by affixing blue stickies to the bulkheads.
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Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
In August, Vogue described how fashionistas and celebrities are affixing Labubus to their expensive Birkins and Chanel bags.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
In Wisconsin, the secretary of state is responsible for recording acts of the governor, affixing the great seal, keeping custody of state records, laws, books and more.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The other day, as the opera’s softball team, the Pitch Hitters, readied for an evening game in Central Park, a bespectacled, bearded opera employee stood on a red plastic box affixing a GoPro camera to the backstop.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Thanks to the emergence of thin and flexible circuitry capable of twisting, bending, and stretching, people are already affixing semiconductor circuits to their skin, wrapping them around the curved surfaces of a hand, an arm, a calf, or a torso.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2021
Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
In August, Vogue described how fashionistas and celebrities are affixing Labubus to their expensive Birkins and Chanel bags.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
In Wisconsin, the secretary of state is responsible for recording acts of the governor, affixing the great seal, keeping custody of state records, laws, books and more.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The other day, as the opera’s softball team, the Pitch Hitters, readied for an evening game in Central Park, a bespectacled, bearded opera employee stood on a red plastic box affixing a GoPro camera to the backstop.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Thanks to the emergence of thin and flexible circuitry capable of twisting, bending, and stretching, people are already affixing semiconductor circuits to their skin, wrapping them around the curved surfaces of a hand, an arm, a calf, or a torso.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affixing
attaching
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Along with signalling affluence, clothes became wearable purses for travelers and attaching ones coins to a vest instead of carrying a bag was an easy way to avoid theft.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The drain outlets feature 40-mm valves for attaching a hose to better manage and direct the drainage flow or connect to a campsite drainage hookup.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Affixing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affixing. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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