tack on
Example Sentences
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The Bruins could not tack on another run, and the contest moved to extra innings.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
Market research indicates that the physical-TV industry will keep erasing differences between phone and TV apps in the near future, as those apps tack on more interface features like specialized games.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
Miliband pushed back against calls to change tack on net zero, arguing the UK needed to get off the "fossil fuel rollercoaster".
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
If they can’t offer those numbers, the IRS may just decide to tack on extra capital-gains taxes.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026
“Forty’s good. Forty a night. Then we tack on food—say another hundred? Two hundred sixty total?”
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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