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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

Indeed, it is not a novel at all, and it has been categorized as such only because of a curious dispensation afforded to the French to affix that label to any book they want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

In 2022, a bid by Chevron, Microsoft and the oil-drilling technology company Schlumberger to revive a traditional biomass plant near Fresno and affix carbon capture to it fell through after the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

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

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

This quality, which linguists describe as “polysynthetic,” means that many affixes may attach to a verb—and with each additional affix another layer of story accrues.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 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

Venia affixes my mockingjay pin over my heart.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

The plane’s plush leather seats and couches and faux library bookcases will remain, although U.S. presidential seals will be affixed to the walls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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

All fish must be caught on hook and line; one rod per entrant, which must be affixed to the pier or held by the entrant at all times.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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

The activist targeted “Poppy Field” by Claude Monet, affixing a sticker that covered about half the painting with an apocalyptic, futuristic vision of the same scene.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 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

A common gene sequencer works by affixing a DNA sample between two pieces of optically perfect glass called a flow cell.

From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022

She examined each object, sighing audibly before affixing a price tag, and scolded her husband for trying to carry things too heavy for him.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides