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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Amazon and other tech companies have also been shrinking their workforces through rolling layoffs over the past several years.—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 July 2025 The play also saw Springer get thrown out at third.—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 July 2025 Battalion Chief John Morrison, 52, was also killed.—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 July 2025 Mamdani’s win also coincided with the American premiere of Trophy Boys—a play written by Emmanuelle Mattana and directed by Danya Taymor—off-Broadway at MCC Theatre.—Luna Adler, Vogue, 1 July 2025 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
Time Traveler
The first known use of also was
before the 12th century
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