annex 1 of 2

as in addition
a smaller structure added to a main building a new annex that will serve as the permanent home for the school library

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verb

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Noun
Still another is the massive project to build a new annex to the Capitol itself. Dan Walters, Oc Register, 13 Aug. 2025 The annex said Russian intelligence operatives had reportedly hacked and gained access to the emails of numerous U.S. nonprofit organizations, including Open Society Foundations, the main grantmaking outpost of the Soros nexus, funded primarily by the billionaire financier. Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2025
Verb
On September 3, Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister, unveiled a proposal to annex 82 percent of the West Bank and called on Netanyahu to enact it. Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025 At the end of April 2022, the Russian army moved the Kuindzhi Art Museum's entire collection to a museum in the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic, a separatist and politically unrecognized territory annexed by Russia. Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for annex
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Noun
  • In addition to grape stem cells, the fast-absorbing spray includes caffeine and antioxidant-rich arugula leaf extract to help keep fallout at bay.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to its luxury suites the Four Seasons has eleven villas available for rental.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Testing in a model plant The team added the McG cycle genes to Arabidopsis thaliana, a small weed often used in plant research.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Vengathattil added that hospitals do not need to wait years to see the benefits.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

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