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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Nikola Vucevic added 20 points and 16 rebounds, and Matas Buzelis also had 20 points.—CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026 Republicans have also launched a congressional investigation into the fire response.—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026 Prior to its Broadway revival — which also stars Randall Arney, Jennifer Engstrom and Steve Key — Bug debuted onstage in London in 1996 and was later produced Off-Broadway in 2004.—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026 Kyan Franklin also logged 9 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.—Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 8 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
Time Traveler
The first known use of also was
before the 12th century
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