as in appendix
a part added at the end of a book or periodical a codicil to the treaty was necessary to clarify certain provisos that had proved to be ambiguous

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Recent Examples of codicil 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 Among those codicils is the following in the catalog of betting events allowed in the Bay State: Wagers on Summer and Winter Olympic competition (including trials) . . . Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 23 July 2024 This seemed to me to breach some fundamental codicil of the documentary filmmaker code: to show some version of the truth in their work, to endeavor for verisimilitude whenever and wherever possible. Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 5 July 2024 And there are numerous codicils to the julep making process. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2024 The 2016 codicil had a startling effect. Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2023 The codicil — which is to be found in the same reality that gave rise to the concept of a casual restaurant — is not to disturb other diners. Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
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appendix
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  • Democrats has cast the appendix to his book as something of an enemies list, as Patel had previously said those listed should be investigated.
    The Hill Staff, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Publish the attestation and reference architecture where buyers will actually see it (security questionnaire, RFP appendix).
    Jagbir Kaur, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Codicil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/codicil. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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