as in added
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
the ticket agency tacked on a hefty surcharge to what was already a hefty price for the theater tickets
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Goodwin Gaw, managing principal at Gaw Capital Partners, another panelist, added that his firm is investing in China’s data centers.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025 -
The high military spending showed that Russia was not preparing for peace, but rather for more fighting on the battlefield in Ukraine, Kokcharov added.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Tacked (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacked%20%28on%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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