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addition

[uh-dish-uhn] / əˈdɪʃ ən /




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So far, the 24-year-old looks a positive addition to Arteta's squad.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

The addition of left-hander Tarik Skubal at the trade deadline also took some of the pressure off Ohtani to return to pitching.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

In addition to wind farms and solar arrays, companies are exploring geothermal and nuclear power, but all still cost more than natural-gas options.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

With the addition of Thismia daemona, Thailand is now known to be home to sixteen species of Thismia.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

Something kept crawling over her body, flickering its antennae as it puzzled over the addition to its home.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

S&P Dow Jones Indices is expected to announced several additions to the benchmark index after Friday’s close.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

Jackson, 25, joins a number of new additions including Johan Manzambi, Joao Gomes, Zion Suzuki and Matteo Ruggeri.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

And the families’ newest additions were both born months apart.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

By Friday night, those talks collapsed, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney blaming last-minute additions the U.S. reportedly sought.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

They are perfectly capable of recognizing useful additions to their crop larder, as is shown by their exuberant adoption of the sweet potato when it arrived.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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