as in to add
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
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Recent Examples of append
Here, research has revealed, for example, how audience and journalistic frames interact and compete in liveblogs, where in a space of potential co-production, journalists still reframe amateur contributions by appending their own frames onto them.
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Daniel Jackson,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
At 30, ideally Miami could trade back to a team motivated to pick a QB in the first round (with that affordable fifth-year option that is appended to players picked in the first 32).
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Kenny Rosarion,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
So runs a typical sentence in Schattenfroh, as the bristlingly Latinate precariously appends two subordinate clauses, and leaves not so much a pleasant ring in the ear as a strenuous grinding of gears.
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Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
Koren’s case report remains on the journal’s website, with no notes or corrections appended, and serves as the core basis for regulatory guidance on the subject of breast-feeding and codeine all over the world.
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Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Daniel Jackson,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
At 30, ideally Miami could trade back to a team motivated to pick a QB in the first round (with that affordable fifth-year option that is appended to players picked in the first 32).
—
Kenny Rosarion,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
So runs a typical sentence in Schattenfroh, as the bristlingly Latinate precariously appends two subordinate clauses, and leaves not so much a pleasant ring in the ear as a strenuous grinding of gears.
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Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
Koren’s case report remains on the journal’s website, with no notes or corrections appended, and serves as the core basis for regulatory guidance on the subject of breast-feeding and codeine all over the world.
—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Vance is still the default nominee, and Trump entrusting him with an Iran deal that could make or break his presidency is a sign of Vance’s clout, the person added.
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Tyasha Harris — starting in place of Clark — scored 16, while Monique Billings added 15 points.
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“Append.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/append. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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