She's a talented singer and also a fine actress.
Thomas Edison is best known for inventing the lightbulb, but he also invented the phonograph.
I don't think we should go out. Not only is it late, but it's also snowing.
My neighbors were also at the show that night.
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Prompting, Kapur emphasized, is also a leadership skill.—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026 Some users, like Stalter, are deleting their accounts and leaving the app altogether (though some have also had trouble deleting their accounts, Fiesler noted).—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026 Georgia Tech and Florida State both will come to Pittsburgh, the latter of which is also a Friday night game.—Mike Darnay, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026 His performance also sparked questions as to why James wasn’t doing more with television after retiring from the NFL.—Jason Jones, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for also
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English eallswā, from eall all + swā so — more at so
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of also was
before the 12th century