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Append is a somewhat formal word. Lawyers, for example, often speak of appending items to other documents, and lawmakers frequently append small bills to big ones, hoping that everyone will be paying attention only to the main part of the big bill and won't notice. When we append a small separate section to the end of a report or a book, we call it an appendix. But in the early years of email, the words we decided on were attach and attachment, probably because appendixes are thought of as unimportant, whereas the attachment is often the whole reason for sending an email.
Examples of append in a Sentence
W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Professional roles are often appended with -in to denote the female form: der Lehrer (male teacher) becomes die Lehrerin (female teacher).
—Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Those full-album renditions will be appended with second sets throwing in fan favorites from the rest of the Scottish indie-pop band’s catalog.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 19 Aug. 2025
The second section contains the letters, with notes from Guralnick appended.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Append.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/append. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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