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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In addition to the Dick Wolf drama, Flueger is also known for his appearances on the other Chicago universe shows, Chicago Med and Chicago Fire, but also for movies such as Brothers, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, and Natalie Portman, and the 2011 version of Footloose.—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025 Greenland, with its rapidly melting ice sheet, also is an example of global climate change largely caused by fossil fuels.—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025 There’s also value in being in the Michael Jordan business for any media company.—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025 This pick is also on sale during Brooklinen’s Friends and Family sale.—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 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
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The first known use of also was
before the 12th century
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