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Example Sentences

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What’s more, the Cardinals are surging and better with ad- dition of Zach Ertz.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2021

The new party was founded to “boldly ad- dress their issues, the war in Vietnam, the militarization of society, the problems of the poor, and the destruction of the environment,” the party’s website proclaims.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2015

We ’d be fixing the economy, ad- dressing national security issues, and improving education.

From MSNBC • Sep. 9, 2014

He must be backstage in case something goes wrong and he has to ad- lib.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 22, 2012

NOTE.—The forms ac-, af-, etc., are euphonic variations of ad-, and follow generally the rule that the final consonant of the prefix assimilates to the initial letter of the root.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton