- present tense form of attach (3rd person singular).
attaches
Example Sentences
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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
But he now attaches a condition to that advice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
That “Supergirl” was intergalactically rotten, so no legacy of great expectation attaches to the new film of the same name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Doctors suspected she had a potentially fatal pregnancy complication called placenta percreta, where the placenta attaches itself and grows through the uterus.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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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