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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
The West Bank will not be annexed by Israel.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Once those land owners agreed to be annexed into Lebanon, there was nothing area plan officials could do.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
The West’s decision to turn the other cheek after Putin annexed Crimea in 2014 may have also emboldened him to launch his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
—Luke McGee, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Territories annexed to other countries are excluded.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Territories annexed to other countries are excluded.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Since Russian President Vladimir Putin led a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which was launched years after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014, both sides have seen energy infrastructure at the center of the war.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 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
Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Once those land owners agreed to be annexed into Lebanon, there was nothing area plan officials could do.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
The West’s decision to turn the other cheek after Putin annexed Crimea in 2014 may have also emboldened him to launch his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
—Luke McGee, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Territories annexed to other countries are excluded.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Territories annexed to other countries are excluded.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Since Russian President Vladimir Putin led a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which was launched years after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014, both sides have seen energy infrastructure at the center of the war.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexed
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Partain added five aces, four in the first set, as the Lancers dominated from the service line.—
Tim Meehan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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To prevent water buildup that could block energy generation, the researchers added micro drainage holes that let water flow downward but not upward, and keep the surface clear for droplet impacts.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Annexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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