: in addition to : besides
the coach, as well as the team, is ready
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Preposition
we offer electronic toys as well as rent out video games
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
That’s because almost everything cosmologists know about the universe comes from observations of electromagnetic radiation in the form of visible light, as well as wavelengths that run the gamut --- from the far infrared to the highest energy gamma rays.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2023
But shearwaters, as well as petrels and albatrosses, are part of a class known as tube-nosed seabirds, with tubular nostrils and an excellent senses of smell.
—Matthew Savoca, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2023
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Conjunction
Americans are vandalizing Teslas at dealerships as well as in parking lots.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
That’s because almost everything cosmologists know about the universe comes from observations of electromagnetic radiation in the form of visible light, as well as wavelengths that run the gamut --- from the far infrared to the highest energy gamma rays.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Preposition
Overview Few cars are capable of serving the gods of both comfort and sportiness as well as the 2023 BMW 3-series sedan.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2023
But shearwaters, as well as petrels and albatrosses, are part of a class known as tube-nosed seabirds, with tubular nostrils and an excellent senses of smell.
—Matthew Savoca, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2023
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“As well as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20well%20as. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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