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Recent Examples of ancillary
This despite the fact that SNL and all its ancillary 50th-anniversary specials pulled in 31 nominations in total.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 July 2025
Less a push-and-pull than a noose where one side is looking to maximize profits by minimizing payouts to the ancillary non-artist players that their colleagues represent.
—Jeff Rabhan, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
The study defined economic impact as the total increase in sales through direct expenditures of the market and its businesses, and ancillary sales created by that spending.
—Annie Goldman, The Enquirer, 16 July 2025
The state has a process for spending its limited dollars maintaining everything from the magnificent Gold Dome to ancillary storage buildings.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 14 July 2025
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 July 2025
Less a push-and-pull than a noose where one side is looking to maximize profits by minimizing payouts to the ancillary non-artist players that their colleagues represent.
—Jeff Rabhan, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
The study defined economic impact as the total increase in sales through direct expenditures of the market and its businesses, and ancillary sales created by that spending.
—Annie Goldman, The Enquirer, 16 July 2025
The state has a process for spending its limited dollars maintaining everything from the magnificent Gold Dome to ancillary storage buildings.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancillary
Adjective
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For several years, MLB held a draft in January and a secondary phase in June for players who had been previously drafted.—
Bodie De Silva,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Twisting the top plate to one side reveals the underlying secondary plate, which houses a pry bar, magnifying glass (for examining tiny things or for starting fires) and bottle opener.—
Ben Coxworth
July 13,
New Atlas,
13 July 2025
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Ditto the auxiliary singers, particularly Greene, who paired a deep, sonorous bass range with enthusiastic dance moves that underlined the across-the-board camaraderie.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
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By enabling plug-and-play compatibility with third-party telematics devices, cargo sensors and auxiliary systems, OEMs can reclaim control of the vehicle ecosystem and capture additional value typically ceded to aftermarket providers.—
Yu Fang,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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These institutions provide checks and balances in a way that would almost seem to draw on American traditions of government — with the profound difference that all institutions in Iran are ultimately subordinate to just one power, Khamenei's.—
Steve Inskeep,
NPR,
25 June 2025
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Columban monasteries remained free of the control of local bishops and were instead directly subordinate to the pope.—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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The company organized its developing drugs into subsidiary companies that could be spun off into separate ventures or be sold.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Huang, ex-CEO of subsidiary New World China Land, in November replaced Eric Ma, just two months after the former New World COO was promoted to the top job.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The term also reflects what psychologists call peripheral group membership—being part of a group but not central to it.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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The cardinal symptom of peripheral artery disease is claudication.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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On each gospel number, Lovett received ample reinforcement from a trio of superb supplementary vocalists.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
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In the latest development, on June 27, 2025, the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued a supplementary award in favor of Pakistan, arguing that India’s holding of the treaty in abeyance did not affect its jurisdiction over the case.—
Pintu Kumar Mahla,
The Conversation,
16 July 2025
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Simply, if high-major programs are to sustain their current roster budgets, then supplemental collective money is a necessity.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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Managing lawns this way helps reduce supplemental water needs during critical times and can be an effective way of managing watering restrictions.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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There is at least a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms accompanied by hurricane-force winds to impact a widespread portion of the northern Plains on Monday, with the chances of such storms expected to be particularly high for two states.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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Areas south of Interstate 70 are under a marginal risk for excessive rainfall.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 July 2025
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“Ancillary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancillary. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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