as in adding
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 annexing
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.
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Ben Krull, New York Daily News, 29 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
In 1976, the couple proposed annexing the land to Wheaton and seeking approval for up to 280 units.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
For decades, the Israeli state has openly pursued the goal of forcing Palestinians from their land, and annexing that land as Israel, through the oppression, dispossession, and mass killing of Palestinians.
—Stefanie Fox, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
In the wake of that war, Israel also showed a proclivity for expansionism, annexing East Jerusalem and eventually the Golan Heights, and allowing the settlement movement to spread throughout all occupied lands.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
Ben Krull, New York Daily News, 29 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
In 1976, the couple proposed annexing the land to Wheaton and seeking approval for up to 280 units.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
For decades, the Israeli state has openly pursued the goal of forcing Palestinians from their land, and annexing that land as Israel, through the oppression, dispossession, and mass killing of Palestinians.
—Stefanie Fox, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
In the wake of that war, Israel also showed a proclivity for expansionism, annexing East Jerusalem and eventually the Golan Heights, and allowing the settlement movement to spread throughout all occupied lands.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
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