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additions

noun

plural of addition

as in extensions

a smaller structure added to a main building a new addition to the library providing space for an expanded video collection

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as in increases

something added (as by growth) the cache of old stamps I found in the discarded desk was a huge addition to my stamp collection

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as in accumulations

the act or process of becoming greater in number how do you account for the addition of more paint stains on your shirt after you put on a smock?

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Recent Examples of additions Eventually, an edict from the top came that existing attorneys should not anticipate additions to the court teams, according to one source. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026 This offseason, the right additions could put them on a similar route. — Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026 Total domestic broadband residential customer net losses were 144,000; total domestic wireless line net additions were 368,000 and total domestic video customer net losses were 274,000. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 The six-sided polygon is found in various places at the venue—though some didn’t take shape until 2013, when additions to the venue were crafted from old sketches laid out in 1959. — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026 Use this time to plan any relocations or welcome new additions to your garden, setting the stage for a beautiful season ahead. — Macie Stump, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2026 Georgia now has six new additions to the prestigious Michelin Guide. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 In both North America and Europe, clean electrification and digital infrastructure are outstripping renewable additions like wind and solar. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 This is the specific problem Dell Technologies is addressing with the newest additions to the Dell AI Data Platform with NVIDIA, the data context layer of the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA. — Osman Koc, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Artists have long used their visual identities to complement their sound, turning clothing, photography, performance and album artwork into extensions of their creative worlds.

— Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026
Sure, the show waned in its later seasons, around the same time the cast discovered hair extensions.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of extensions

Noun

The government also promised 15,000 additional places in higher education, introduced across the next two years, and increases in student grants linked to inflation from the start of the next academic year.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Government bond investors want cuts to public spending, less borrowing and business-friendly measures aimed at boosting growth, such as reversing some of the payroll tax increases introduced under Reeves.

— Ian King, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of increases

Noun

Additional snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches with 8 to 10 inches along the highest mountain peaks.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Some people experienced them as a purely optical means of aesthetic transport; others found in them tactile accumulations of crust, carnage, and debris.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of accumulations

Noun

After a month, the ketogenic group showed clear metabolic improvements; the more striking psychiatric and cognitive gains turned up at four months—by which point the diet had been offered to everyone, eliminating the control-group comparison.

— Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Each time a tool takes over a task, retire a meeting or report so efficiency gains reduce the load rather than add to it.

— Tyson Gundersen, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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