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as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
serving as an adjunct to the congressional delegation on its fact-finding mission
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as in option
something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment
you can spend a lot on camera accessories, but this nifty little battery recharger is the one adjunct that will pay for itself
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as in supplementary
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Meara Sharma, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Monthly Horoscope Is Here By Sophie Saint Thomas It's also made liposuction an adjunct to a lot of other plastic surgery procedures—and plastic surgeons are doing a lot of other procedures.
—Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 28 June 2024
Katia Hetter, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
Jason Fisher, an adjunct professor in wildlife ecology at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, agrees wolverines need snow to take advantage of their big, snowshoe-like feet, which are adapted to the drifts.
—Christine Peterson, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Today, though, neither of those routes is particularly viable; universities are increasingly staffed by adjuncts on poverty-line pay, and media outlets (along with every other creative industry) are in near-constant crisis.
—Meara Sharma, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Monthly Horoscope Is Here By Sophie Saint Thomas It's also made liposuction an adjunct to a lot of other plastic surgery procedures—and plastic surgeons are doing a lot of other procedures.
—Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 28 June 2024
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Wen is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
Jason Fisher, an adjunct professor in wildlife ecology at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, agrees wolverines need snow to take advantage of their big, snowshoe-like feet, which are adapted to the drifts.
—Christine Peterson, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Adjunct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjunct. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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