1
as in similarly
in like manner
we stayed at a historic London hotel, the same establishment that had also welcomed our grandparents many years ago
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2
as in then
in addition to what has been said
I'd like a motorcycle for my birthday; also, I'd like a new CD player
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Recent Examples of also
The operation also resulted in the killing of two US citizens, the deployment of aggressive tactics by armed, masked DHS agents, and a soaring sense of trepidation permeating Minnesota’s immigrant communities.
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Yahya Salem, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Researchers also see potential for personalized approaches by generating spinal cord tissue from a patient’s own stem cells.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Feb. 2026
The company also raised its operating profit forecast for the year ending March 2026 by 21.4% to 454 billion yen on Wednesday.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Remembering deadly disaster 40 years later Dark matter also passes through regular matter like a ghost.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
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Yahya Salem, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Researchers also see potential for personalized approaches by generating spinal cord tissue from a patient’s own stem cells.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Feb. 2026
The company also raised its operating profit forecast for the year ending March 2026 by 21.4% to 454 billion yen on Wednesday.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Remembering deadly disaster 40 years later Dark matter also passes through regular matter like a ghost.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for also
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But the blog similarly removed its story.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Obama had been speaking about immigration enforcement before making the comments on homelessness, arguing that progressive and moderate Democrats debate the two crises similarly online.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Springfield, Ohio — On a recent Sunday morning, Pastor Carl Ruby gave his sermon, greeted congregants and then headed to his office to speak with the FBI.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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There are different versions but typically, teens organize a group of players and then track down and eliminate one another with shots from a water gun.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Tell Me Lies makeup artist Jenny Lin likewise shared the news in an interview with the Substack publication Love Letters.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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China has likewise been busy at its nuclear test site in Lop Nur, says Tong Zhao, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace who studies China's nuclear weapons program.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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This isn't just my suggestion, either, but rather, one encouraged by the travel pros.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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The warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly, forecasters said, and that the threat of fire is high in those areas and people should be both alert and proactive.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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And besides, the problems had begun much earlier.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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There are subtler blanks besides.—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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But his Rainbow Coalition, a bold alliance of Blacks, Whites, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans and LGBTQ people, helped pave the way for a more progressive Democratic Party.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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An assistant under Bradley and Cherundolo, Dos Santos’ first-choice tactics will be to possess the ball, counterpress and defend as far as possible from the LAFC goal, thus dominating games while attacking more through the inside with a 4-2-3-1 formation.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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