as in adding
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
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Recent Examples of appending
Benoit delights in language as much as her heroine, weaving Regency-era slang throughout and appending a chapter-by-chapter glossary of vulgarities.
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Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 19 June 2026
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.
—Daniel Jackson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 19 June 2026
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.
—Daniel Jackson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appending
adding
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Utility Iren was doubling workers' shifts and adding generators to address sporadic power cuts in Turin as the electricity grid came under strain, a spokesperson said.—
Makini Brice,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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The work addresses a longstanding challenge in lightweight airframe design by increasing structural strength and stability without adding unnecessary weight.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026
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“Appending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appending. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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