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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
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.
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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
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and has controlled the peninsula ever since although its grip on Crimea is not internationally recognized.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
The site is being developed to accommodate an up to 95,000-square-foot grocery store and 4,000-square-foot convenience store on the property, which the city of Stillwater annexed from Stillwater Township in 2020.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
The law permits regional airport authorities to detach from a city without also having to be annexed into another city.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
Later that year Moscow unilaterally – and illegally – annexed both after sham referenda, along with the southern regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, despite only partially occupying them.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1980, a move not recognised by most countries, but has not formally extended sovereignty over the West Bank.
—USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
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
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and has controlled the peninsula ever since although its grip on Crimea is not internationally recognized.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
The site is being developed to accommodate an up to 95,000-square-foot grocery store and 4,000-square-foot convenience store on the property, which the city of Stillwater annexed from Stillwater Township in 2020.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
The law permits regional airport authorities to detach from a city without also having to be annexed into another city.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
Later that year Moscow unilaterally – and illegally – annexed both after sham referenda, along with the southern regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, despite only partially occupying them.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1980, a move not recognised by most countries, but has not formally extended sovereignty over the West Bank.
—USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexed
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Immigration advocates and Ohio civil rights leaders have added their names to petitions.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The ministry added that Polish forces had also notified Belarusian forces of incoming unidentified aircraft from Ukrainian territory.—
Will Gretsky,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Annexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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