as in adds
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
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Recent Examples of appends
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
Spivack recommends the use of authentication software such as Content Credentials, developed by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, which appends metadata about provenance to images and videos.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
Spivack recommends the use of authentication software such as Content Credentials, developed by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, which appends metadata about provenance to images and videos.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appends
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My approach is to build a lot more housing and reduce the costs that government adds through delay, dysfunction and scarcity.—
Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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Executives are being asked to approve continuous waves of transformation without a clear line of sight into what genuinely improves performance and what merely adds complexity.—
Kim Bozzella,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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“Appends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appends. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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