secondarily

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Recent Examples of secondarily An exception is the gut microorganism Monocercomonoides, in which mitochondria have been secondarily lost. Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026 And then secondarily, this is all about verification. ABC News, 14 June 2026 More to Explore Abrahm and Kenter also argue that Tik-Tok essentially follows the Three Laws of Robotics that Asimov would lay down decades later—robots must first prioritize human lives, secondarily obey orders from humans, and only consider their own welfare after that. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 19 May 2026 The suit alleges Anthropic is secondarily liable for contributory and vicarious infringement tied to those uses. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026 Be sure to read for your rising sign first and your sun sign secondarily for the most accurate insights. Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2026 Taking part in a match in Saudi Arabia could be lucrative for United and, secondarily, provide warm weather to train in during the winter months. Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 And secondarily, and just as important, the defense industry relies heavily on rare-earth inputs for all of its high-tech gadgetry. IEEE Spectrum, 7 Dec. 2023
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Adverb
  • As such, anytime those on the right, or even tangentially associated with the right, notice or say something about a movie or entertainment property, Variety leaps in to defend their political party.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
  • In this instance, the event was only tangentially related to the firm’s practice area of vehicular accidents.
    David Henkin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Adverb
  • Cruises that parenthetically include Rome in their itineraries actually dock in Civitavecchia, which is about an hour and a half away without traffic.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Also in the cast is Homer Gere, the son of actor Richard Gere, who was, incidentally, briefly married to Crawford in the early ‘90s.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 28 July 2026
  • The existence of these precedents—many of which, not incidentally, involve imperial ambition or climate change—is taken as a credential of their seriousness.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

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“Secondarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondarily. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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