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appendage

[uh-pen-dij] / əˈpɛn dɪdʒ /


NOUN
a subsidiary part, as a limb
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In this essay, Sittenfeld reflects on the irony of his involuntary separation from a device that had practically become an appendage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Mahoney stressed that the company has captured roughly 91% of the global market for left atrial appendage closure devices.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

What’s important is understanding how human hands can grasp an object, and then extrapolating that to whatever synthetic appendage has been chosen, she added.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 27, 2025

He played with a small cast on his left hand and was even using that bandaged appendage to stiff-arm defenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025

Why, to be an economic appendage of the Northern Region.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

During mating, the male collects the eggs using specialized appendages near the base of his head called 'ovigers'.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Videos captured by the crew confirm it is a mesmerizing creature with long pale “legs” trailing from thicker appendages connected to a pale body composed of two fins that undulate languidly in tandem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Segments 1 through 9 carried segmented appendages, and the rear abdominal limbs had been modified into paddle-like structures.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

She must operate a control pad to manipulate the appendages of a brain-dead coma patient and take him on a cross-country trip so his mother can say goodbye and legally pull the plug on him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

They were moving wildly—a dozen black-bristled appendages roughly the size of his own arms and with pincers for grasping prey and dragging it toward...its mouth.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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