How to Use adjunct in a Sentence

adjunct

1 of 2 noun

• Massage therapy can be used as an adjunct along with the medication.
• In “They ate heartily,” the word heartily is an adjunct and in “We left at noon,” the phrase at noon is an adjunct.
• Over the years the house was used as an adjunct to a hotel.
  — Mary Beth Klatt, WSJ, 23 May 2018
• Grab treats at the adjunct Whole Foods, just downstairs.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
• A bar serving food is an adjunct to the new Meatball Shop in Hell’s Kitchen.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2017
• Fog lamps are intended to provide an adjunct to the low beams.
  — James G. Cobb, New York Times, 29 June 2017
• Of course, hard things take courage to do, but the more powerful adjunct to courage is to try to avoid doing stupid things.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
• By then Wagstaff was teaching at George Mason as an adjunct.
  — Leah Nylen, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
• But, of course, there are some adjunct-heavy beers as a nod to current tastes, including one made with granola.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• Qatar, by contrast, seems to use its fund as an adjunct to diplomacy.
  — The Economist, 14 June 2019
• Quinn has taught public administration at the UW as an adjunct for the last five years.
  — Vernal Coleman, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2018
• The degree to which the super PAC worked as something of an adjunct to the campaign itself is remarkable.
  — New York Times, 4 May 2022
• Making the Space Force a natural adjunct of the academy is one valuable way to do so.
  — Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2020
• As an adjunct to water polo, Black also joined the swim team for training.
  — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
• Your dog is no longer an outdoor adjunct to the family, but a full member in good standing.
  — Daniel Dorsa, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Nov. 2020
• One is that schools admit students who can’t write and then pack them into comp courses taught by adjuncts.
  — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2017
• The malt bill gets heavy doses of adjuncts, especially oats and wheat, which soften the texture even more.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2017
• The university noted that Jones was an adjunct on a one-year contract, and thus could be replaced at will.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2022
• The group compiled a spreadsheet listing all their fellow adjuncts and their phone number and emails in August.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2023
• Hamline’s first union contract for adjuncts raised their pay by 15 percent to 25 percent.
  — Josh Verges, Twin Cities, 18 May 2017
• The level of wealth of a Chinese factory worker, not that of an academic adjunct.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2010
• The trustees released the text of their budgetary requests through the 2020 fiscal year last week, which noted a tuition increase but made no mention of adjuncts, despite the protests.
  — Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, 10 Jan. 2019
• An additional 800 adjuncts teach one or two courses at a time.
  — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 5 Oct. 2017
• In this case, López Prater was an adjunct, a gig worker with no guarantee of future employment.
  — David M. Perry, CNN, 9 Jan. 2023
• Written in short, brisk chapters, a few only a paragraph long, the novel tracks Paul as he’s demoted to an adjunct (less pay and more classes).
  — Hamilton Cain, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
• The show serves as a music-industry-centric adjunct to the ACM Awards telecast that is globally webcast in the spring.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 June 2023
• But those who have had repeated trauma in their lives may find this book a useful adjunct to therapy.
  — Judith Newman, New York Times, 6 July 2018
• Most of the time, though, if an adjunct is let go, it’s because a university faces budget cuts or if the professor didn’t perform well, Austin said.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
• At Miami Dade College, the breakdown this fall is 45 percent adjunct and 55 percent full-time.
  — Alex Harris, miamiherald, 1 Sep. 2017
• That no longer makes sense in a country in which average earnings for adjunct professors, who often have Ph.
  — Sarah Jaffe, New Republic, 22 Feb. 2018

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adjunct

2 of 2 adjective

• He got kicked out of Harvard and the only job he’s had since is as an adjunct classics teacher at a 1970 New England prep school.
  — Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Diane Kemker, who was an adjunct professor of law at Chapman during the furor, agreed.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022
• Wronski has continued to serve as an adjunct professor for the law and MBA programs.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2022
• Erika López Prater, an adjunct professor who teaches a class on the history of art, included a ...
  — Mustafa Akyol, National Review, 14 Jan. 2023
• The composer and adjunct professor looked cool and casual in a khaki green t-shirt, beige trousers, and black shoes, while carrying a canvas tote bag.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Aug. 2022
• An adjunct history professor, Sándor John, took the bullhorn and spoke about being the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors.
  — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
• The latest is Clarissa Martinez, a young illustrator, painter and adjunct professor in Brownsville, Texas.
  — Terry Wagner, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• One of the letters to Globe Santa is from an adjunct faculty member at a local university.
  — Ellen Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022
• David Routt is an adjunct professor of history at the University of Richmond.
  — David Routt, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
• Tipping, a volunteer adjunct instructor, was playing a suspect — his first time doing so in the scenario, according to the report.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2022
• But Kelley’s teaching stands out: Only full-time faculty teach in the program, with no adjunct professors or outsiders filling in.
  — John Rau, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• Bryson, 54, is a studio artist and adjunct instructor at Point Loma Nazarene University.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022
• Advertisement This novel has been a quest with its share of obstacles along the way, including adjunct jobs that consumed a lot of time and emotional energy.
  — Daniel Olivas, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• Kevin Kaiser, an adjunct professor of finance at the Wharton School, said such investors can profit by buying at steep discounts when markets are panicking.
  — Stan Choe, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
• All four harmonize, handclap, and sing different verses, while adjunct feline Michael Hesslein plays that woozy keyboard intro.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
• Tantraphol, an adjunct instructor at Michigan State University, said her son, Kai, has been doing lockdown drills since kindergarten.
  — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
• Rick Miller, once a record-setting goalkeeper on Bentley University’s men’s soccer team, returned to the campus as an adjunct professor last year to share leadership skills honed on the playing field and in the business world.
  — Marvin Pave, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2022
• Hale, a former adjunct professor at EKU for six years who was involved with the gaming institute, has seen the impact Keltner's studio has on students interested in gaming.
  — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2022
• Under the guidance of adjunct instructor and woodworking expert Jim Salinsky, sixth through eighth grade students are building a tiny house for military veterans in Racine.
  — Joan Elovitz Kazan, Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2023
• The members point to larger class sizes, the hiring of more adjunct faculty and lack of benefits for some campus workers as issues that have galvanized organizing efforts.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 14 Aug. 2023
• Evans is also an adjunct professor of public policy at the University of Maryland, College Park.
  — Emmett Gartner, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2022
• The move makes some sense, said Martin Conway, an adjunct professor in the sport industry management program at Georgetown University.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2023
• Throughout the outcry, the university continued to support and defend the conservative justice’s position as an adjunct faculty member who has taught at GW Law for over a decade.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 29 July 2022
• Kelly Dobos is a cosmetic chemist and adjunct professor of cosmetic science at the University of Toledo.
  — Myranda Mondry, Allure, 11 Mar. 2023
• Saul Austerlitz is a freelance writer and an adjunct professor of writing and comedy history at New York University.
  — Saul Austerlitz, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
• The adjunct group now has organizers in all of the major divisions at the School of Cinematic Arts — from animation to producing to interactive media and games — and as of press time over 77 percent of the adjunct faculty had signed union cards.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2023
• Though a television reporter, Foster became an adjunct accessory to law enforcement and fire agencies.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
• López Prater’s contract as an adjunct professor was not renewed for the spring semester, contrary to her expectations, according David H. Redden, her attorney.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
• Delta 8 can be used as an adjunct therapy alongside other anxiety management strategies, such as therapy or lifestyle changes.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
• Since those gowns were sized for particularly tall graduates, an adjunct professor from NC Central’s human sciences department swooped in with last-minute alterations.
  — Melissa Korn, WSJ, 13 May 2022

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