as in adding
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
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Recent Examples of appending
Here, research has revealed, for example, how audience and journalistic frames interact and compete in liveblogs, where in a space of potential co-production, journalists still reframe amateur contributions by appending their own frames onto them.
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Daniel Jackson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Daniel Jackson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appending
adding
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As record-breaking heat and an abysmal snowpack raise concerns about severe wildfires, states across the fire-prone West are adding AI to their wildfire detection toolbox, banking on the technology to help save lives and property.—
Dorany Pineda,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Following those highs came a string of solid but unexciting records, which mostly stuck with Metric’s formula while adding the occasional left-field lyric about the Kool-Aid-drinking masses or confounding reference to QAnon.—
Ethan Beck,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
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“Appending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appending. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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