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appendix

[uh-pen-diks] / əˈpɛn dɪks /


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Smith’s great tome runs to 976 pages in my Modern Library edition, including bibliography, index and a 2½-page statistical appendix on the wasteful subsidies paid to the Scottish exporters of herring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The appendix, once considered a completely useless evolutionary left-over, is now thought to have minor immune functions.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

Mr. Goodspeed’s 200 pages of text are dense, and they are followed by substantial notes and a data appendix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Ellie explores why it takes so long to be diagnosed with 'endo', and meets a woman who had a perfectly healthy appendix removed because she was misdiagnosed.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

Strings of them ran over the surfaces of the liver, diaphragm, intestine, appendix, rectum, and heart.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Lengthy appendices compare its versions of episodes such as the Battle of Omdurman and the Boer War with earlier accounts Churchill gave to newspapers and magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Strand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

Maser said even including the provisions in the appendices “is a step forward from the 2021 code,” which did not have such provisions at all.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2024

Lynda Claassen: Have you thought about, or have you found out anything about the publication of my appendices or copelata work?

From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023

In three appendices to his book, Turchin provides a non-technical explanation of his approach to understanding history and how it developed over time.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2023

I had finished the book but there were still the appendices.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

“In the end, the social media findings were included into other parts of the report and appendixes, a decision made by the Chairman in consultation with the Committee.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2023

If you want more practical help than that, Saunders provides some exercises in the appendixes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2021

Host Meagan Cantwell talks with Viviane Labrie of the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan, about new research suggesting people without their appendixes have a reduced risk of Parkinson’s.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2018

In addition, committees must provide timely public access to all “records, reports, transcripts, minutes, appendixes, working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, or other documents” that its members consult or prepare.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2017

In hospitals in which the reimbursement rates for appendectomies ran higher, for instance, the surgeons removed more appendixes.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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