as in to add
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
plans to annex the supply room so as to make the classroom bigger
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Recent Examples of annex
Charlotte Kramon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
On August 4, 1944, police raided the annex and arrested all of its occupants.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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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Noun
Natalie Ammons, Fulton County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman, said in an email that Kendrick and another detainee got in a fight at the jail’s southern annex in Union City.
—Charlotte Kramon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
On August 4, 1944, police raided the annex and arrested all of its occupants.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Verb
The Romans annexed what is now the south of France—where modern Vence lies, just west of the Italian border—in 125 B.C.E.
The ancient Romans have a reputation for detailed epitaphs.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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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“Annex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annex. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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