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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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2024
In the long-term, ACS plans to build an annex at the Horizon Juvenile Center in the Bronx to add dozens of new beds.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2024
Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus / Made By History, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Environmentalists, who object to the removal of trees from Capitol Park to accommodate the annex, are also frozen out.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
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Noun
The $28 million residence hall will be built in the rear annex of 242 Trumbull Street, its entrance off Pratt Street.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2024
In the long-term, ACS plans to build an annex at the Horizon Juvenile Center in the Bronx to add dozens of new beds.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2024
Verb
Before the United States annexed Puerto Rico in 1898 at the end of the Spanish-American War, the island was a colony of Spain.
—Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus / Made By History, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Environmentalists, who object to the removal of trees from Capitol Park to accommodate the annex, are also frozen out.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
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“Annex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annex. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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