adjuncts

plural of adjunct

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Recent Examples of adjuncts Liberty Counsel claims the university never hired a full-time professor, though, and began soliciting resumes for part-time adjuncts within months of Grossenbach's dismissal. Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025 These unremarkable towns just happen to be where sales of hay have become major adjuncts to weekly auctions of livestock. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjuncts
Noun
  • From refs to scouts to iPad-toting assistants, on-field jobs are increasingly being filled by women.
    Jennifer Halper, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • After cooking a spaghetti dinner for his assistants, Candy called his costars, Richard Lewis and Robert Picardo, just after midnight, to thank them for the day on set.
    Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The extended line aims to give fans elevated options to represent their teams.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
  • After the music, there will be homemade chili (with vegetarian and gluten-free options), salad, dessert, and artisan bread.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Even in that situation, with the President speaking out on behalf of his own aides, the White House was rattled.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • White House aides are snipping at Republican colleagues on the Hill that this is on them to sort out.
    Phil Elliott, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 14-time Grammy Award winner arrived in Kansas City, Missouri, wearing a Chiefs jersey and gold accessories, including her new engagement ring.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • While maintaining the designer’s signature lines and silhouettes, Lauren Ralph Lauren offers a more accessible price point with contemporary pieces in women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • He and his apprentices host glass- blowing classes on Fridays and Saturdays (reservation required), when guests can make anything from a bowl to a tumbler to an ornament.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The house’s historical and architectural value comes from its original creators—husband and wife Sheng Pao Sheng and Shao Fang Sheng, both former apprentices of Wright.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2025
  • If time allows, disconnect utilities and appliances.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The hearing aids make more than 80 million automatic adjustments per hour to ensure maximum sound quality and speech clarity, Dave Fabry, Starkey’s chief hearing health officer, told Fortune.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Equipped with inertial and GPS guidance, the JL-2 may also deploy decoys and penetration aids.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Gandhi said detectives and deputies were at the scene investigating.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • When Strong went with deputies to search for the firearms, police found two handguns, an AR-15 and 64 rounds of ammunition, the citation states.
    Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Adjuncts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjuncts. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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