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[uh-tach] / əˈtætʃ /




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Measuring only a few millionths of a millimeter, the molecule can attach to gold surfaces through sulfur atoms.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Struggles to grow ad revenue reveal the downside of AI for Internet companies as consumers rely more on chatbots and agents to which tech companies have yet to attach ad features.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In other words, it’s not the earnings that’s the problem, it’s the multiple that investors attach to those earnings.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

At showtime minus three hours I help Folger attach the light-up checkered Pizza Man sign, a gift from her ex-boyfriend, to the roof of her car.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

As the adults ushered the children inside, with everyone staring back and pointing, the ground crew clambered up the ladders in the mast and prepared to attach the mooring cables.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Scientists have established that BFT attaches to claudin-4 and that blocking this interaction can protect mice from toxin-induced damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

“I’m very concerned about the possible corrosion, specifically rust, of all the hardware that holds the bridge together and that attaches the cables,” one participant said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

But he now attaches a condition to that advice.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

It also attaches to regulatory regions throughout the genome that control genes needed to preserve muscle stem cell identity.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026

I show him how to find the corner pieces first, and I compliment him each time he attaches a new piece.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Unite national officer Oliver Richardson added in a statement that "a number of unions across Europe have the same" agreement and that his union's deal is not "attached to, nor dependent on company performance".

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

In a separate post, he shared a photo of Downer and her dog, Rex, and wrote in the caption that his sister was very attached to the dog and had last been seen in Koreatown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

In Madrid and in Lisbon, frustration has focused on the prohibitive price tag attached to housing.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

A wounded soldier in the ‘kill zone’ attached himself to a hexacopter’s winch for a 39-mile ride to safety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Drone was a small flying machine with a special camera attached to its underside.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

By attaching his name to those ranks, El-Sayed is staking out important space for Muslims in public life.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

He’s just done it more quietly, without attaching the force of his weird personality as a condition.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

The researchers wanted to know whether E-cadherin and its partners were attaching to the dying cell in the same way they normally attach neighboring epithelial cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

Writing for the majority, Justice Scalia reasoned that attaching the GPS device constituted such a tort and therefore fell within the scope of the Fourth Amendment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Emma was in the humour to value simplicity and modesty to the utmost; and all that was amiable, all that ought to be attaching, seemed on Harriet’s side, not her own.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen


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