ancillary

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Recent Examples of ancillary Those include the auto and the auto parts companies, as well as ancillary home care businesses. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 June 2026 Airlines generated $148 billion in ancillary revenue worldwide in 2024, a 26% increase from the previous year. Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 2 June 2026 Many are using baseball teams as real estate developments, then do not count that ancillary income towards baseball spending. Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026 And similar to the mountain, a park’s ancillary offerings matter just as much as the price of admission. HubSpot, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for ancillary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancillary
Adjective
  • Phase 2/3 Study 302 topline results released April 27, 2026 met all primary and key secondary endpoints with robust hair growth in both once-daily and twice-daily arms.
    Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
  • Phase 2/3 Study 302 topline results released April 27, 2026 met all primary and key secondary endpoints, with robust hair growth seen in both once-daily and twice-daily dosing arms.
    Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • The tribe established the Shadow Wolves, the first all-Indian DHS auxiliary group that helps secure the border.
    Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
  • Recruits complete 145 hours of training to become auxiliary deputies, and receive annual refresher and specialized training.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • The economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good.
    Scott Simon, NPR, 30 May 2026
  • The study examined 518 manager-subordinate relationships and found that this leadership approach enhanced both employee thriving and performance through stronger positive job attitudes.
    Mary Hemphill, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Adjective
  • The institute, alert to what was coming, had already moved its financial resources out of the country and opened a subsidiary office in Geneva.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • The participation exemption can eliminate corporate tax on the sale of subsidiary shares at exit entirely.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Adjective
  • The project positions the archipelago — a crossroads between Europe, Africa, and the Americas — as a protagonist of Atlantic history rather than a peripheral footnote.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 19 June 2026
  • The ordinance has shaped growth in Davis for more than two decades and has repeatedly blocked large peripheral housing projects.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • The public evidence—exhibits, hearings, et cetera—was piled into the supplementary volumes.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
  • For the dependency support test, basic and supplementary Medicare benefits are not counted as support.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Adjective
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is also on Capitol Hill this week, seeking roughly $80 billion in supplemental funding to shore up defense supplies in the aftermath of the Iran war, which is drawing scrutiny when many Americans are reeling from high gas prices and costs of living.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • If enacted, the proposal could reduce or eliminate certain out-of-pocket costs for follow-up mammograms, ultrasounds, and other supplemental breast imaging, depending on individual insurance coverage.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026
Adjective
  • But in most of the country, the AI infrastructure boom has likely had a more marginal impact on electricity prices compared to grid damage sustained by extreme weather events or the costs of utility companies’ capital expenditures that are passed on to consumers.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • The $100 won will be considered taxable income and subject to taxation at the taxpayer’s marginal tax rate.
    Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

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“Ancillary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancillary. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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