as in additional
available to supply something extra when needed
the auditorium has an auxiliary cooling system used only on particularly sweltering days
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as in subordinate
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as in cutter
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Recent Examples of auxiliary
Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Local chapters known as auxiliaries played a key part in spreading the AFMRS’s message.
—Jenna Deep, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Additionally, 22 percent of the key wet finishing facilities’ auxiliary chemicals used for LS&Co.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Chrissy Davis is the co-president of the auxiliary of Infant Welfare Family Health and is on the board of directors of Infant Welfare Society of Chicago.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Local chapters known as auxiliaries played a key part in spreading the AFMRS’s message.
—Jenna Deep, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
The sudden contractions between main channels and auxiliary pathways create local velocity increases and swirling patterns that actively pull water out of the gas diffusion layer while simultaneously drawing fresh oxygen toward the catalyst sites, acting like miniature vacuum pumps.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Additionally, 22 percent of the key wet finishing facilities’ auxiliary chemicals used for LS&Co.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auxiliary
Adjective
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Companies are layering in additional home security, personal security, and cybersecurity protections for CEOs and high-profile executives and board members.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Awarded by the National Fund for Sacred Places, the $160,000 is a matching grant, meaning that Wright on Main is responsible for raising an additional $160,000 to bring $320,000 of repairs to the project.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Charges The obstruction charge centers on allegations that Comey directed subordinates to remove or conceal those memos from FBI systems after his dismissal in May 2017, actions prosecutors claim impeded a lawful investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified material.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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After his chief of staff Thomas Cook was forced to resign for having a relationship with a subordinate, that subordinate received a promotion and often sat at the table opposite Cook negotiating key economic development deals between the city and private clients Cook represented.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Without access to many kitchen supplies, the women improvised, using wine bottles and shell casings as rolling pins and baking soda tins as cutters.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Walker also wanted Scherzer to execute his fastball and slider glove side, throw a strike-to-ball changeup and place his cutter at the top of the zone.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The homes in Douglass Sumner will include single family homes, duplexes and homes with accessory dwelling units.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Oct. 2025
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Accessory storage Some coffee mug trees are designed to be more like full-service coffee stations with accessory storage.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Linda hustles the two of them to a nearby motel whose only employees are a surly young goth attendant (a glowering Ivy Wolk) and a sympathetic, mildly flirty super (A$AP Rocky, laidback and breezy).—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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There, she is repeatedly scolded, first by a testy parking attendant (Mark Stolzenberg), and then by a doctor (Bronstein), who warns Linda of consequences if her daughter doesn’t soon reach her target weight of fifty pounds.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In a video obtained by the Associated Press, the ship is first seen in the waters being circled by a lifeboat with emergency responders aboard.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Others, a lifeboat adrift in time.—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The district would also need to create supplementary resources to help teachers incorporate AI into the classroom.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Sep. 2025
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Third, the letter writer and her family might want to consider engaging a geriatric care manager who could help them to identify supplementary services and connections in the local community that could go at least some way to alleviating her isolation.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, his daughters Olivia and Helen, and their friends, are finding their way and finding love—even where they’re not supposed to, according to the logline.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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In the trailer, Bettany walks up to a white mansion and is greeted by human servants who are really just recreated AI programs.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Auxiliary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auxiliary. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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