adjuvant

adjective

Definition of adjuvantnext
as in assistant

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Recent Examples of adjuvant 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 Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is one of the most common forms of adjuvant therapy. — Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 20 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for adjuvant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjuvant
  1. assistant
  2. supportive
  3. complementary
  4. contributory
  5. additional
  6. tributary
  7. subordinate
Adjective
  • Former Bruins assistant general manager Evan Gold found his new gig just a couple of hours down I-95 south.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Ted is now working as an assistant manager at a local grocery store in Kansas City.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistant
Adjective
  • This is also supportive for pricing your work, recognizing your talent, or making money decisions with more confidence.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The company said feedback during that period was strongly supportive.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of supportive
Adjective
  • Unlike traditional diplomacy, conducted by states and official representatives, civil humanitarian diplomacy can create complementary spaces for dialogue and cooperation through civil society and other non-state actors.
    — Ricardo Bellino, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Then Pearsall began last season as the team’s top receiver with Aiyuk on the shelf and Jauan Jennings still serving a complementary role.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of complementary
Adjective
  • Alzheimer’s disease was a significant contributory factor in Hackman’s death.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 4 May 2026
  • In trademark law, there is contributory liability in two different circumstances.
    — Jess Collen, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of contributory
Adjective
  • Aircraft owners use charter revenues to offset some of their operating costs, though the extra flights bring additional expenses for maintenance, pilots, and wear-and-tear.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Operators can scale fueling capacity as additional vehicles enter service without making significant upfront infrastructure investments.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 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
  • The Allies replied that all elements of the Japanese state would be subordinate to occupation authorities.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Whether peer-to-peer, superior-to-subordinate, or subordinate-to-superior, there has to be trust.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
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