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[uh-fiks, af-iks] / əˈfɪks, ˈæf ɪks /


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If a player is especially tough and violent on the field, the Chargers will affix a magnetic hammer sticker next to his name on the draft board.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

Prosecutors published photos showing one of Liaw’s deputies with an assistant who they said used a hair dryer to remove and affix labels and serial-number stickers to shipping boxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

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

They will affix the exterior cladding, which could have been damaged by the crane cables if it had been preinstalled.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2025

To the wall I affix the Ahnenpass, what is left of the girl I thought I was.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

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

Hasan will be seated in a chair with a hood placed over his head with a paper heart affixed to his chest.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Four actors, affixed with in-ear monitors, occupy different seats as testimony is elicited, provided and undermined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

A federal judge in May ordered Trump’s name to be removed from the center’s facade, where since December it had been affixed ahead of President John F. Kennedy’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

In San Diego, Flock cameras are affixed to streetlights in about 500 locations, according to the 2025 Annual Surveillance Report by the San Diego Police Department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

As she walked, she affixed shiny doodads from her bag to the trees to mark her passage.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

“Adverseness is not determined merely by affixing the labels ‘plaintiff’ and ‘defendant’ to the parties,” she explained.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

Javier, a garment worker in the area who declined to give his last name, works in a factory affixing buttons to clothing alongside about 20 other workers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025

STAHLS’ took on heat-pressing duties in 2012, quickly affixing top pick Andrew Luck’s surname to an Indianapolis Colts jersey in New York.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 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

He lifted the candle to the wall, and there I saw that he had tacked sheets of music all over the plaster, high and low, affixing other pages with paste.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson


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