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to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
plans to annex the supply room so as to make the classroom bigger
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Recent Examples of annexed
Crimea struggles The situation seems to be the worst in Crimea, the southern Ukrainian peninsula that Russia illegally annexed in 2014.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
It was followed by incremental advances, in the oblasts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, which Moscow claims to have annexed but does not fully control.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Olathe annexed the parcel of land from Johnson County earlier this year as rural zoning.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Told in two timelines, Letters to Kafka explores her role as an active resistance fighter in Czechoslovakia after the Nazis annexed the country in 1938, and her life in Vienna from 1918 to 1925, forging her own path separate from her husband, and Kafka.
—Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 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
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich laid out that vision for Gaza, saying areas of the enclave must be annexed by Israel and the gates of Gaza opened for Palestinians to leave.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
The closest precedent to today’s standoff was in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea.
—Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
But unless the area were actually annexed by Boise, Ada County would still get the final say.
—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
It was followed by incremental advances, in the oblasts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, which Moscow claims to have annexed but does not fully control.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Olathe annexed the parcel of land from Johnson County earlier this year as rural zoning.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Told in two timelines, Letters to Kafka explores her role as an active resistance fighter in Czechoslovakia after the Nazis annexed the country in 1938, and her life in Vienna from 1918 to 1925, forging her own path separate from her husband, and Kafka.
—Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 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
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich laid out that vision for Gaza, saying areas of the enclave must be annexed by Israel and the gates of Gaza opened for Palestinians to leave.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
The closest precedent to today’s standoff was in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea.
—Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
But unless the area were actually annexed by Boise, Ada County would still get the final say.
—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexed
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The Prime Minister added that Baghdad had signed deals with TotalEnergies, along with Chinese and Emirati firms, to invest in capturing gas that is now flared — worth $4 billion to $5 billion a year.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
15 Oct. 2025
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Carlsson added two assists in the win while Cutter Gauthier and Chris Kreider scored twice each.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Annexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexed. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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