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as in attaching
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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as in summing
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 adding
By 2006, the Atlanta native had become a household name, adding E!
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Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 31 Dec. 2024
Aside from adding a draft class and trying to re-sign some of their own free agents, the Cowboys aren’t expected to make significant additions via veteran free agency.
—Jon MacHota, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
In the studio, Avery and Navarro had even considered adding lyrics.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Burning magnesium, titanium and aluminum will emit a bright white light, adding brightness to a firework.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Just adding a chatbot on your website or mobile app will not reduce customer service calls.
—Forrester, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
At the same time, the AI seamlessly implements a range of impressive effects, such as altering his outfit, adding jewelry, changing his location and appearance, and even transforming himself into a felt puppet, with surprisingly convincing results.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Samsung is already on this journey, targeting an area that has always represented a stark contrast to iPhones, and while Google is adding material defenses to Play Protect to shore up Android’s infamous vulnerabilities, Samsung is going much further.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
While this is the first human case in the county, the public health department said the overall risk of H5 bird flu to the public remains low, adding that there is currently no evidence of person-to-person spread of the virus.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 31 Dec. 2024
Aside from adding a draft class and trying to re-sign some of their own free agents, the Cowboys aren’t expected to make significant additions via veteran free agency.
—Jon MacHota, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
In the studio, Avery and Navarro had even considered adding lyrics.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Burning magnesium, titanium and aluminum will emit a bright white light, adding brightness to a firework.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Just adding a chatbot on your website or mobile app will not reduce customer service calls.
—Forrester, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
At the same time, the AI seamlessly implements a range of impressive effects, such as altering his outfit, adding jewelry, changing his location and appearance, and even transforming himself into a felt puppet, with surprisingly convincing results.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Samsung is already on this journey, targeting an area that has always represented a stark contrast to iPhones, and while Google is adding material defenses to Play Protect to shore up Android’s infamous vulnerabilities, Samsung is going much further.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
While this is the first human case in the county, the public health department said the overall risk of H5 bird flu to the public remains low, adding that there is currently no evidence of person-to-person spread of the virus.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adding
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Also, my third cousin twice removed posted on Facebook that a friend on Twitter read a post on Instagram that someone dressed like Bill Gates was airlifting Twinkies, attaching tiny little lights and dropping them by drone over Newark.Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2024
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If attaching to your kitchen backsplash, clean and dry the area thoroughly and apply the tape to the backsplash.Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
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After introducing the award leveraging her signature humor, Jennifer Coolidge announced that the 33-year-old actor had won best performance by a male actor in a television series — musical or comedy for his role in The Bear, for a third year running.Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ross hasn’t been made available for interviews this decade, aside from the press conference introducing McDaniel as coach.Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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Many focused on inserting individual flowers into small tubes filled with water and then neatly placing each vial, one by one, onto the floats.Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
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In Netanyahu’s case, because the prostate is not cancerous, Golan said doctors were likely performing an endoscopic surgery, carried out by inserting small instruments into a body cavity, rather than making surgical cuts in the abdomen to reach the prostate.Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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When calculating on-time performance, Cirium tracks more than 35 million flights globally per year and uses a complex methodology that factors in delays and cancellations as well as passenger volume.Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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Still, calculating what beneficiaries are owned may not be simple or quick.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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But Israel has drifted far from this vision, culminating in its current government’s outspoken goal of annexing the West Bank, while degrading the rights of Arab Israelis.Ben Krull, New York Daily News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Your incoming ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, supports the settlement movement and Israel annexing the West Bank.TIME Staff, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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They were also required to hand over assets totaling 5 million pesos.KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
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Bellamy started six games in 2024 for the Orange, totaling 37 tackles and 2 interceptions.Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
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Thousands of Starbucks baristas are set to walk off the job on Tuesday, expanding the dayslong holiday strike to 300 stores in dozens of cities and towns nationwide, according to the union Starbucks Workers United.Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Many are expanding across markets.Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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The actors' strike also posed the same problem for OD, Kojima's second game in development, powered by cloud computing technology from Microsoft's Xbox division.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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The proliferation of mobile banking and the need for real-time transaction processing has pushed computing to the edge.Ramasankar Molleti, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Adding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adding. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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