ADJUVANT Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

adjuvant

adjective

Definition of adjuvant

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Recent Examples of adjuvant Because the study was observational — meaning there was no control group or intervention — the findings don’t prove that any of the adjuvant therapies caused secondary cancers, only that there is a link. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Kennedy has long falsely asserted that vaccines containing aluminum salts as an adjuvant cause health problems. — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 For several months post-surgery, Larry weighed the pros and cons of adjuvant chemotherapy with fluoropyrimidines. — Kerin Milesky, Boston Herald, 26 July 2025 Thanks to research and testing at Tulane University, a new adjuvant vaccine development could eradicate whooping cough, much like smallpox. — Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 27 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for adjuvant

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The defeat came after the TCU chancellor’s resignation and was followed by the firing of an assistant coach.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
The National Gallery Singapore’s chief curator Patrick Flores and assistant chief executiveChris Lee, are the latest to depart the institution in December amid a staff shake-up.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of assistant

Adjective

His friendly, supportive presence showed how the rival nations (in the far-off future in which the show was set) were capable of working together.

— JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Current weather conditions are extremely supportive of the color change.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of supportive

Adjective

That might mean developing complementary devices, encouraging upgrades, or introducing subscription services that generate revenue beyond the initial hardware sale.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Last week The Lede Company, acquired Aisle 8 as part of a wider trend of communications and events agencies clubbing together to offer a variety of services across continents, or buying complementary businesses in order to broaden their reach.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of complementary

Adjective

The increase also reflects a few additional states that expanded their early voting opportunities and ones that made more of their data available since the last midterms.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
The Marlins would try to extend their top young players who are approaching their arbitration years — or are already in their arbitration years — potentially taking on some additional money early in multiyear contracts.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of additional

Adjective

Fitness videos join podcasts and audiobooks as yet another tributary content stream to fend off competition and subscriber attrition.

— Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The Rocky Mountain states have said their users already suffer the effects of climate change when snowpack doesn't support sufficient tributary stream flows for farmers and ranchers, some of whom are curtailed every year.

— Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 23 Mar. 2026

Definition of tributary

Adjective

Auburn’s Board actions should serve as an early warning about what happens when expertise becomes subordinate to power.

— Beth Davis Sramek, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Like the East India Companies and the Rothschild banks, which were ultimately subordinate to the governments of the metropole, frontier labs have been granted extraordinary latitude in exchange for advancing the metropole’s position.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

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