annex
verb (used with object)
to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.
had annexed
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past perfectof annex.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The city had annexed an area of unincorporated King County, but revenue wasn’t keeping pace.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2019
Japan had annexed Korea in 1910, turning the territory into a colony.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2019
In her e-mail, Osgood claimed that I had annexed the themes of “How to Disappear Completely” and that I owed her a more significant citation than the one that appeared in my essay.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 17, 2019
Incensed that the United States had annexed Texas, however, the Mexican government refused to discuss the matter of selling land to the United States.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Adek and I attended the same university, and I found him outside the library, lecturing to a trio of enthralled young ladies about the dangers facing our neighbor Czechoslovakia now that Germany had annexed Austria.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
