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adjuvant

adjective

Definition of adjuvant

as in assistant

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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 Housing Department still hasn’t hired an assistant general manager to oversee it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
The course was taught by a Columbia professor who brought together eight inmates and eight Manhattan assistant district attorneys.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026

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The race highlighted how support for Israel is becoming prominent issue in this year's election as more Democrats have become less supportive.

— Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
But her kindly and supportive cop boyfriend Nick (Brandon Perea) rightly insists that the duo should perhaps move out of the house when Gemma’s habitual nightmares intensify.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

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Someone with gestational hypertension will need more frequent monitoring, which may include home blood pressure measurements, blood and urine tests, and additional monitoring of fetal growth and well-being.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Aurora also participated in the DuPage County joint bid to secure additional salt.

— Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

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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

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Though Overton and Kennedy have worked closely on a range of health priorities, some people familiar with the dynamic questioned how the two would mesh if Overton moves from the White House to an FDA role that is technically subordinate to Kennedy.

— Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
These reforms, however, remain embedded in a judiciary that is subordinate to Communist Party leadership.

— Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

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