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
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) . . .
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Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 23 July 2024
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
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
Sign a codicil or a new will with all the required formalities.
—Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2022
Besides a codicil in Ray Davis’ will, the price of signing Corey Seager and Marcus Semien was a second- and third-round choice, and despite that penalty the Rangers still finagled a first-round value in the fourth.
—Dallas News, 20 July 2022
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
Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 23 July 2024
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
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
Sign a codicil or a new will with all the required formalities.
—Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2022
Besides a codicil in Ray Davis’ will, the price of signing Corey Seager and Marcus Semien was a second- and third-round choice, and despite that penalty the Rangers still finagled a first-round value in the fourth.
—Dallas News, 20 July 2022
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for codicil
appendix
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Although cancer of the appendix is rare – typically, it’s estimated to affect about 1 or 2 people for every 1 million in the United States each year – diagnoses are rising sharply among Generation X and millennials, according to a new study.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
15 June 2025
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Appendix cancer is often found after someone has appendicitis and gets their appendix removed.—
Kristen Fischer,
Health,
13 June 2025
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“Codicil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/codicil. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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