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appendix

noun

ə-ˈpen-diks How to pronounce appendix (audio)
Definition of appendixnext
as in epilogue
a part added at the end of a book or periodical an appendix listing all of the artist's known works and their current locations

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Recent Examples of appendix Peter the Great’s dream The Sea of Azov is an inland sea that sits between the southern shores of Ukraine and Russia, a kind of an appendix to the bigger Black Sea. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 The film’s story, much of it developed from Tolkien’s appendices, is set between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 14 July 2026 In 2012, after losing his job, his girlfriend, and his appendix following an emergency appendectomy, Mark Fischbach was seeking solace. — Shannon Carlin, Time, 14 July 2026 Not because a new appendix deserves a barnstorming tour, or because county unemployment data has suddenly become beach reading. — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for appendix
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appendix
  1. epilogue
  2. supplement
  3. documentation
  4. afterword
  5. addition
  6. addendum
  7. codicil
  8. conclusion
Noun
  • In any case, the epilogue sticks the landing and allows audiences to leave the theater feeling riled up rather than hopeless.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Even if the movie gets a bit crazy in an apocalyptic epilogue, its picture of bourgeois smugness due for a takedown is delicious.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of epilogue
Noun
  • Psyllium husk is a popular supplement that may provide some helpful benefits.
    — Melissa Fiorenza, HEALTH, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Communities draw from local taxes or other fees to support their modest flood control budgets and supplement grant funding.
    — Kaleigh Yost, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of supplement
Noun
  • To maintain eligibility, households consisting entirely of full-time students may be required to provide documentation to their property manager demonstrating that at least one of the above exceptions is met.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Officials frequently approved reimbursement after travel had already happened, and failed to require consultants to provide documentation like receipts, violating contract rules around wasteful spending.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of documentation
Noun
  • The book ends with an afterword in which Wong remembers his own childhood move from Hong Kong to Canada.
    — Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Godlike, which was reissued last month by NYRB Classics with a new afterword by Raymond Foye, was originally published in 2005.
    — Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of afterword
Noun
  • The mews, at the back of the three-acre property, is a modernist addition with 21 guestrooms, some with private terrace gardens that have just been planted.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • His Murphy is a complete 180 from that wild-eyed take on the abolitionist John Brown, not to mention a fine addition to the canon of good men who find themselves in bad company and have to navigate, pivot, and play along accordingly.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of addition
Noun
  • Certain details, such as a lost footnote that only exists in a single edition of the volume as a handwritten addendum, interest him greatly.
    — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
  • According to an addendum included with its bid, Jacobs said Palantir’s access to MMSD data would be limited to chemical and energy-use information from MMSD facilities, and only with MMSD’s authorization.
    — Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of addendum
Noun
  • Norah and Magdalen learn that they were technically born out of wedlock and, because of a legitimacy codicil in their father’s will, are therefore unable to receive their parents’ money.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • Catalin Moreno Voss, Ello’s co-founder and chief technology officer, had heard a lot of interesting stories and codicils from job applicants in his career.
    — Stacy St Clair, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
Definition of codicil
Noun
  • The banquet room of an Elgin restaurant resonated with those words at the conclusion of a rousing tune featuring four-part barbershop harmony.
    — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Two people can examine the same evidence and reach different conclusions.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of conclusion

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