attach
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The researchers wanted to know whether E-cadherin and its partners were attaching to the dying cell in the same way they normally attach neighboring epithelial cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
However, since entering the Treasury, Healey is yet to attach a date to this spending target, and has faced pressure to do so in recent days.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Companies offered to attach warning labels near the handles for free, and some said they would remotely upgrade software involving lowering windows after a crash.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
That same box, lovingly referred to as “the stocks,” is also used to attach the handlesticks to Gardner’s body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Then I hunted around for a place to attach the rope.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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The precision with which each woman is painted attaches the reader to the characters and the characters to the plot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But he now attaches a condition to that advice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
It also attaches to regulatory regions throughout the genome that control genes needed to preserve muscle stem cell identity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
He attaches clippings of or links to fawning newspaper profiles and columns, but not to stories about what was happening in the civilian population of his country as it went through a crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
In reduced circumstances the desire to live attaches itself to strange objects.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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To mimic strength training, the mice climbed a 70-centimeter staircase while carrying weights attached to their tails.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
“There can’t be any strings attached to gifts. Of course, it is up to us to decide whether to make them in the future,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
There’s also an attached walk-in pantry, with a powder room, laundry facilities, an office area, a screened porch, and a sizable garage nearby.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Inside a dimly lit room, participants slept with monitors attached to their heads, some cradling stuffed toys in their beds.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Gradually, it became obvious that Gorringe is building some kind of device that will be attached to the obelisk and swivel it from the vertical to a horizontal position.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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This is the double edge of attaching prices to things that are valuable precisely because they are not transactions.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
“The brands are realizing that and attaching themselves more to longer-form content.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Aggarwal tried to integrate AI, but said it felt like attaching an engine onto a horse-drawn carriage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
It is extending the border fence out to sea, attaching long lines of orange buoys to the jetty which ships will then patrol to deter future swimmers.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
I was using Etienne’s pocketknife to tighten up screws attaching a cable that lifted the blade, to make sure it would fall cleanly.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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