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adjunct

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adjective

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Recent Examples of adjunct
Noun
For instance, Charles Kuck, an adjunct professor of law at Emory and immigration law firm partner, appeared on CGTN earlier this month to discuss the effect of deportations on the job market. Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025 Wilson, a Boise Black Lives Matter organizer and former Boise State University adjunct professor, previously made headlines in 2021 when he was arrested for vandalizing a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Julia Davis Park. Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
CBDCs need to work offline otherwise serve as an adjunct to cash, whereas stablecoins do not. David G.w. Birch, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 But Nigerian film producers must not be just an adjunct to London and Hollywood. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for adjunct
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjunct
Noun
  • Darrell Smith, assistant commissioner for school choice and parent empowerment, has said about 55% are in kindergarten through fifth grade, while 23% are in middle school and 22% are in high school.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025
  • An invitation to visit a friend’s family farm in Kenya in 1956 led to an introduction with the archaeologist Louis Leakey, who hired Goodall as an assistant and secretary.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The department’s actions and policies reflect a disdain for public schools and a desire to dismantle that system in favor of a range of other options — private, Christian and virtual schools or homeschooling.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Swipe on over to our coverage of the best tablet sales from Prime Big Deal Days for more options.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The district would also need to create supplementary resources to help teachers incorporate AI into the classroom.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Third, the letter writer and her family might want to consider engaging a geriatric care manager who could help them to identify supplementary services and connections in the local community that could go at least some way to alleviating her isolation.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But this White House is, in some ways, rebuilding the 20th-century model, in which powerful and faceless aides steered executives by controlling paperflow.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Though the two met, the source emphasized that the former aide has no way back into the royal fold after the scandal several years ago.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Expansion into accessories has already proven to be a boon for business.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Visit her shop on Main Street in Gordonsville to feel the organic cotton accessories, made entirely in the United States.
    Brennan Long, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • While the American College of Radiology now recommends annual MRI in addition to mammograms for women with dense breasts seeking supplemental screening, barriers to MRI use include lack of access, high-cost and patient intolerance, according to the authors.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Employees laid off may qualify for supplemental unemployment benefits, regardless of union affiliation.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Will food aid continue under SNAP and WIC?
    Terry Moseley, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from much of the territory, release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and allow an influx of humanitarian aid and eventual reconstruction.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This provides reliable electricity for appliances while also maintaining cooling for sensitive materials.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Adjunct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjunct. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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