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Recent Examples of secondarily
And then secondarily, this is all about verification.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondarily
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Now adults, after a childhood marred with tragedy, Guin flogs a memoir only tangentially related to the truth, and Ennis stages a new art exhibit, despite what happened at the last one.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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And the fact that people pay money to stand around for four hours, or more, to watch a press conference is a remarkable testament to sports fans’ willingness to be bored as long as football is tangentially involved.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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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
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The show is working its way through Superman lore at its own pace, and serves as a sort of non-DCU replacement for the also non-DCU Superman and Lois, which ended after four seasons in 2024 (and incidentally featured new Obsession megastar, Inde Navarrette, as Lana Lang’s daughter).—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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But neither measure went as far as on the reforms sought by critics, who are pushing to address data collection issues as well as to require warrants for viewing Americans’ information that was incidentally collected under the program.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
12 June 2026
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“Secondarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondarily. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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