- present tense form of attach (3rd person singular).
attaches
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Even so, a certain perplexity attaches to his supposed realism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
In healthy immune cells, BCL6 attaches to DNA and temporarily shuts down genes that would normally stop cell growth or initiate cell death.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Thomasin McKenzie plays a young woman, Alyce, steeped in her own trauma and loss, who attaches herself to the ploughman, and her ability to express wide-eyed, barely contained hysteria and fear is unmatched.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
But he now attaches a condition to that advice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Attaching a name attaches you to the world of fact, which is riskier, more hazardous: who knows what the chances are out there, of survival, yours?
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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