annex

Example Sentences

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When World War II ended, parts of eastern Poland were annexed by the Soviet Union.

From The Wall Street Journal

Create a little annex of contemplative delight in the living room — somewhere to land with a drink and a snack and not feel adrift.

From Salon

This broke down by degrees, critically in the Sicilian Expedition of 415-413 B.C., when Athens tried and failed to annex Syracuse, a Spartan ally.

From The Wall Street Journal

An annex detailed the new exclusions from this 40-percent duty, and they are to be retroactively applied to November 13.

From Barron's

The Nazis, who annexed Austria in 1938, looted the Lederer art collection but left family portraits behind, says the National Gallery of Canada.

From BBC