1
as in to attach
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
the band recently added a saxophonist and a keyboard player to its ranks add another cup of flour to the mixture
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2
as in to calculate
to combine (numbers) into a single sum
when she added all the phone charges herself, she discovered an error in her bill
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Recent Examples of add
The International Energy Agency estimates that global data center energy use could rise by up to 128% by 2026, adding the equivalent of Sweden or Germany’s entire energy consumption to the global grid.
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Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The trend first began in 2023 but has had a resurgence this year, adding thousands more videos to related Hozier and Kahan hashtags, each with hundreds of thousands of views.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, created the group but accidentally added a journalist to it.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Weber said residents rely on the township government to take care of roads and dissolving would mean adding a lot more employees to larger government entities.
—Catrina Barker | The Center Square Contributor, The Washington Examiner, 4 Apr. 2025
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Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The trend first began in 2023 but has had a resurgence this year, adding thousands more videos to related Hozier and Kahan hashtags, each with hundreds of thousands of views.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, created the group but accidentally added a journalist to it.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Weber said residents rely on the township government to take care of roads and dissolving would mean adding a lot more employees to larger government entities.
—Catrina Barker | The Center Square Contributor, The Washington Examiner, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for add
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So far, the MSS team has worked alongside its partners to install more than 87,000 Reef Stars with approximately 1.3 million corals attached.—
Cat Cardenas,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The stigma once attached to frequent job and career changes has disappeared, replaced with the recognition that non-linear careers represent the future of work.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The reciprocal rates, which aren’t exactly reciprocal, were calculated by dividing a country’s trade deficit with the US by its exports to the country and multiplying by 1/2.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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Opta’s Premier League Predictor, which projects the final standings by simulating the remaining games thousands of times to calculate an average outcome, gives Brighton a 17.3 per cent chance of finishing seventh or higher.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Senator Ruben Gallego, a Democrat from Arizona, has introduced legislation that would make overpayments from more than ten years ago no longer recoverable by the SSA.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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Programs like the University of Chicago’s Policing Leadership Academy develop leaders and introduce them to strategies to implement organizational change and use data to inform decision making.—
Kenneth E. Corey,
New York Daily News,
24 Mar. 2025
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The brilliantly mordant Irish comedian Dylan Moran summed it up memorably.—
Greg Orme,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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To sum it up: Look for a big scrum in this market as major players position themselves for AI.—
R. Scott Raynovich,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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No ancient dire wolf genes themselves were directly inserted into the genome, however.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2025
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Water enemas: For this treatment, your healthcare provider gently inserts water into your colon to soften and release hard or stuck stool.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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We've been spoiled by laptop battery life over the last year or two; almost 14 hours now counts as merely average.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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With nearly all votes counted, 63% of voters approved a 20-year extension of the tax, with the largest margins of support coming from the parts of Kansas City in Clay and Platte counties.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Theft of motor vehicle parts or accessories (subset of larceny) – The unlawful taking of any part or accessory affixed to the interior or exterior of a motor vehicle in a manner which would make the item an attachment of the vehicle or necessary for its operation.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2025
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Therefore, the total number of points affixed would determine whether the restaurant manager would be promoted or need more training.—
Betsy Pudliner,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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That’s the plan at the 49ers’ facility where workers are tearing out the lone artificial surface field in preparation of expanding the team’s grass practice fields.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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The brand has also been expanding its handbags offer, and the executive said that the Avenue, Everywhere and Boulevard bags have been very successful.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Add.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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