Thesaurus results for TANGENTIALLY

tangentially

adverb

as in secondarily

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Recent Examples of tangentially 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 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 Everyone even tangentially involved with the British royal family has opinions about the state of the monarchy and the damage Andrew’s scandals have caused it. —

Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Apr. 2026 Further, one of Vox’s advantages in the space over its audio-only competitors is that some of the shows are yoked, at least tangentially, to Vox’s publishing business, which provides additional marketing, promotion, and a funnel for some talent. —

Max Tani, semafor.com, 22 Mar. 2026 Foegele had been mentioned tangentially as a trade possibility by Kings general manager Ken Holland, but after a rash of injuries on the flank – Kevin Fiala and Andrei Kuzmenko were lost for the season and Joel Armia was also sidelined – Foegele’s status seemed a bit less clear. —

Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026 Companies like Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Verizon have all made sweeping cuts in the last year tangentially related to AI. —

Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026 Seemingly random kidnappings often involve a person known to the victim, even tangentially. —

Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Fushman and Hamid had been tangentially circling each other for a long time. —

Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026

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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