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"only to add" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is typically used to introduce additional information or a concluding statement that supports the previous statement. Example: She worked tirelessly for months to prepare for the marathon, only to add a few more minutes to her personal record on race day.
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If only to add some variety to their queries.
The cook needs only to add oil and eggs, and simmer the fish.
Gore Vidal said to him, "You have nothing to say, only to add".
This flaw in its perfection seems only to add to its beauty.
But the accusations, widely believed here, seemed only to add to General Musharraf's troubles.
Mr Foccart needed only to add the date.Some puppetry went wrong.
And his effort to snuff out a story damaging to his wife seemed only to add fuel to it.
In Isaac's contemptuous view, such people "came only to add dust to the dust of the Land of Israel".
That India is so much poorer in most other regards seems only to add to its allure.
She also accused Theresa 'Magpie' May of stealing Ukip's grammar school policy only to add that she had no chance of getting it through.
It is all finally fixed, but after checking my last bill, they took off £5 (goodwill gesture) only to add it again.
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