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Recent Examples of ancillary
This is not an ancillary issue — Medicaid is the bedrock of health care in New York.
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Dr. Michelle Morse, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
While these situations typically rely on a primary and ancillary option, others can also become involved.
—Greg Jewett, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Merle was sort of an ancillary figure in those conversations.
—Hazlitt, 30 Apr. 2025
Agencies have also expanded into investing (CAA is a partner in CAA Evolution), data, and other ancillary businesses like unscripted content, where WME owns Pantheon Media Group.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
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Dr. Michelle Morse, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
While these situations typically rely on a primary and ancillary option, others can also become involved.
—Greg Jewett, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Merle was sort of an ancillary figure in those conversations.
—Hazlitt, 30 Apr. 2025
Agencies have also expanded into investing (CAA is a partner in CAA Evolution), data, and other ancillary businesses like unscripted content, where WME owns Pantheon Media Group.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancillary
Adjective
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Mickey and Ganter could be two key additions to the secondary.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Although a secondary character, Keisha also offers a beautiful mediation on the rite of passage from Black girlhood to womanhood.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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The plans include a new 10,000-square-foot auxiliary hangar, two additional maintenance hangars, and a 2,500-square-foot classroom building with a breakroom and vending area.—
Katie Sartoris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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Having made all his available substitutions, Coach Simone Inzaghi resorted to desperation, ordering Francesco Acerbi to go forward and play as an auxiliary striker.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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The 6th Ranger Training Battalion belongs to the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade which is a subordinate brigade of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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The company kept the HBO brand, of course, as subordinate under the Max umbrella.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Only pilots, flight dispatchers, and flight attendants at subsidiary regional carrier Endeavor Air are union members.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Nagata’s son, Hiroyuki, is CEO of subsidiary Retail AI, which is in charge of developing the smart shopping carts and AI cameras.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Despite trillions of dollars at stake, forest destruction—and the corporate role in driving it—is still widely treated as a peripheral issue.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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But after a playoff contender over in the American League suffered a brutal injury setback, the Mets could be looking to offload some of their peripheral talent.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 May 2025
Adjective
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These spices are often mixed to optimize their therapeutic potential and provide supplementary advantages.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
8 May 2025
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The winning Oz Lotto numbers were 14, 32, 13, 29, 41, 23 and 8, and the supplementary numbers were 43, 4 and 40, according to The Lott.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Now, with access to Sherpa guides, porters, supplemental oxygen and top-of-the-range equipment, the mountain is far more accessible to hobbyists and tourists.—
Amy Woodyatt,
CNN Money,
13 May 2025
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Giving a killer robot killer cheekbones and killer abs, but repeatedly showing us his Ken doll-style absence of genitals, becomes a peculiar piece of world-building that even supplemental dialogue can’t fix.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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The 29-year-old played his most marginal role ever in these playoffs, averaging a scant 2.2 points and 3.6 rebounds in a career playoff-low 10.0 minutes per.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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Yet more efficient packaging on the inside also results in a marginal passenger volume increase of about two percent.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
ArsTechnica,
16 May 2025
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“Ancillary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancillary. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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