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affix

[uh-fiks, af-iks] / əˈfɪks, ˈæf ɪks /


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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

Soon, strips of painter’s tape came out to affix our press badges to each device not allowed in to try to keep track of everyone’s property amid the chaos.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2025

Estrada credited the media for breaking the story — which really meant Gerda, who used to affix mics to my shirt when he was an intern at Orange County’s PBS channel about 15 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024

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

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Wearing a dark gray suit and armed with a roll of tape, he affixes a poster to the side of streetlight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024

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

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

Venia affixes my mockingjay pin over my heart.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

At the factory in Yiwu, China's wholesale hub in the east of the country, workers affixed chains to the blue and white Messi "goats", which are designed to be attached to bags.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Federal prosecutors say he would pour cheaper wine into old bottles that he affixed with fancy labels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

She heated a stick of peacock blue wax and affixed her seal to the document before her.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

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

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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