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
Peter Mancina, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
Instead, for days, migrants tussled with Mexican soldiers and auxiliary police officers, demanding to be let go, to enter the United States.
—Time, 4 Dec. 2025
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
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Adjective
Instead, over the course of 2025, videos from sanctuary jurisdictions – including Chicago, California and Worcester, Massachusetts – showed local police acting more like auxiliary enforcers.
—Peter Mancina, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
Instead, for days, migrants tussled with Mexican soldiers and auxiliary police officers, demanding to be let go, to enter the United States.
—Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auxiliary
Adjective
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The shooting comes amid heightened tensions between federal immigration authorities and Minneapolis officials, after DHS deployed thousands of additional officers to the area in recent days, sparking protests and backlash from city leaders.—
Stepheny Price , Alexandra Koch , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Last session, lawmakers nearly passed a $3 million bill to help school districts educate students who need additional services, like a full-time nurse or an ASL interpreter, that can cost more than $50,000.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Many politicians should, but won’t, learn worthwhile lessons about the value of public deference and praise of subordinates who work every day on the front lines.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Cook was reportedly allowed to quietly resign in 2020 by Hogsett after an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate came to light.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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As an 86-second exchange unfolded, Chez stood perfectly still, a stunned expression on his face, as his father screamed at him and cops ordered him to drop the box cutter more than a dozen times.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The cutter’s visit was hosted by the group and is a public outreach event with the Ocean Institute.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
3 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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States governed by both Democrats and Republicans — including Florida, Montana and Washington — have enacted reforms like eliminating minimum lot sizes, permitting accessory dwelling units and limiting on-site parking spaces.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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The draft of the law states that no accessory dwelling units, junior or otherwise, could be rented out.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Three Cofán—an older man and his two young attendants—were waiting for us on the bank.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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On the car’s main level, there is a spacious bar and lounge area, where attendants can mix cocktails or pour wine, as well as an open viewing platform on the back of the car, ensuring travelers are fully immersed in the journey’s landscapes.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This one starts with that shelter imploding under the strength of a massive radiation storm that displaces the Garrity clan in a hurry, and leaves them on a lifeboat to Europe in the wretched hope that someone on the continent will offer them a safe place to plant new roots.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2026
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An even better move would have been for Rose (Kate Winslet) to stay on the lifeboat, giving Jack a better shot at survival on that floating door.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Local reactions and political support During a prefectural assembly session on Monday, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party proposed a supplementary budget including about 31 million yen for public relations activities related to the restart.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Dec. 2025
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At the same time, keep your eyes open for part-time supplementary work as well as companies that may be more financially secure and able to pay a healthier wage.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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One of them was Yamamoto Tsunetomo – a servant of Nabeshima Mitsushige, a feudal lord in southern Japan.—
Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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In one case, in the year before Makandal’s death, a servant in Saint-Domingue named Médor was arrested for poisoning his enslaver to obtain his freedom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Auxiliary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auxiliary. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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