appending
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present participleof append.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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But demolishing the East Wing and appending a 90,000-square-foot ballroom is, quite simply, not the same thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
Since any attempt at appending a joke to this simple recounting of facts would only dilute its crazy power, this entry is over!
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2023
Salon ended up appending no fewer than five corrections to Kennedy’s article, and finally bowed to proliferating professional critiques of the piece by removing it from its website in 2011.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Instead of taking away the blue check marks, Twitter on Sunday began appending a new message to profiles: “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter blue or is a legacy verified account.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Beethoven, inspired by study of and admiration for Handel and Bach, merely had the idea of appending to a symphony something you might expect in an oratorio.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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