adding
Britishnoun
adjective
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of, for, or relating to addition
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(in systemic grammar) denoting a bound clause that qualifies the meaning of an antecedent noun rather than of the sentence as a whole Compare contingency
Example Sentences
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"They had relationships with these home care aides for years - some of them for decades," she says, adding that Holocaust survivors especially can have difficulty trusting strangers.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Then, he later testified in court, he told Jane that if she was adding a fourth manager—or day-to-day operator—for a family holding company, he would be a good fit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Ain’t rushing,” he said of his timeline, adding, “Just continue to stack them days and see where we at.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"We're all afraid something might happen to us," Fausto Soza told AFP, adding he had not gone out to sea for two months for fear of being targeted.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Creating a sound carpet entails taking a story and adding sound effects, leitmotifs, instruments, vocal sounds, body percussion, and actors and/or a narrator, in order to bring literature to life.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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