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Otherwise it waits for someone to complain to its content moderation team, which could then decide to affix a label to something.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Homeowners pooled their money to purchase and affix makeshift solar-powered lamps to the disabled lightposts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

Indeed, it is not a novel at all, and it has been categorized as such only because of a curious dispensation afforded to the French to affix that label to any book they want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

I wonder if you can affix that to this set of categories you have made about the difference between rule of law and rule by fiat.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2025

Hana starts to pant as three leeches affix themselves to the crook of her arm.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

The group, dressed in heavy military gear, silently affixes the pole to a short column along the edge of the roof before quickly walking away.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

“This’ll make your skin glow,” a nurse tells the 34-year-old R&B singer, as she affixes an IV drip of vitamins and supplements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

Bonnedahl traps black-headed gulls, samples their feces for bacteria carrying AMR genes, and affixes tracking tags to their backs to follow their migrations.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 26, 2023

This is a flexible strip of LED lights that affixes to the back of your TV.

From The Verge ● Aug. 14, 2022

She reaches back and pulls two stickers out, puts them on plastic bracelets that she has attached to her belt, which is like a nurse utility belt, and affixes them to my right wrist.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

They affixed headshot cutouts of their parents from photos and placed them above paper cutouts of a wedding dress and a tuxedo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The vehicle, with the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag affixed to its top, then smashes through the tyre-and-barricade wall, leaping into the air and speeding on.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Often affixed inconspicuously to poles, they photograph the back of every passing vehicle and collect license plate data—as well as color, make, model and features like a bumper sticker or a gun rack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

In December, the board decided to rename the institution and new lettering bearing Trump's full name was affixed to the centre's front portico the next day.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Mr. Rochester had himself written the direction, “Mrs. Rochester, —— Hotel, London,” on each: I could not persuade myself to affix them, or to have them affixed.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The red spinel on one of the necklaces — which also converts into a tiara — acts as its own version of the black and white spiral patterns used by hypnotists, affixing the eyes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2024

There was no indication that supervisors investigated such incidents beyond affixing signatures on use-of-force reports submitted by officers, the audit found.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

Both define “content moderation” broadly to encompass removing, deprioritizing, or “shadow banning” posts; “deplatforming” a user; or affixing commentary on others’ posts.

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2024

After graduating from Curtis High School on Staten Island, Ms. Kollisch worked on an assembly line in Detroit, affixing windshield wipers to Jeeps, and as a labor organizer.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

As it happens, economists have a curious habit of affixing numbers to complicated transactions.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt