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
Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Artemio Muniz, chairman of the Federation of Hispanic Republicans, a Texas GOP auxiliary group, said Hispanic voters will weigh the Atlantic report against Mayra Guillén's defense of Trump.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Toni Lindsey, president of the auxiliary, made the announcement during the group’s June year-end meeting and spoke about being a parent whose child received care at Arkansas Children’s.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 25 June 2024
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Adjective
The company continues to invest in environmentally sustainable solutions, including auxiliary power units and LED lighting upgrades.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Artemio Muniz, chairman of the Federation of Hispanic Republicans, a Texas GOP auxiliary group, said Hispanic voters will weigh the Atlantic report against Mayra Guillén's defense of Trump.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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Across cinema, the moneyed and their auxiliaries question the kidnappers’ math.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Toni Lindsey, president of the auxiliary, made the announcement during the group’s June year-end meeting and spoke about being a parent whose child received care at Arkansas Children’s.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 25 June 2024
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Congo's health minister, Roger Kamba, reported an additional 44 deaths occurring in the community.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Fire departments bring on additional staff while the warnings are in play.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Putin doesn't much appreciate strong allies, preferring subordinates.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Instead of primarily being a subordinate to the head coach, Luck, 35, will preside over the coaching staff, player personnel staff and recruiting, as well as the business side of the program.Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Sugano also throws a cutter, slider, splitter, sinker and curve.Chuck Murr, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The pair of figures came into and out of focus; in some passages the surface had hyper-similitude, in others a rougher, grooved surface, betraying the involvement of a CNC cutter.Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Shop more accessory deals: Don't sleep on Madewell's men section.Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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Carmel plans to take another look at how accessory dwelling units, otherwise known as granny flats, could fit into the city — about four years after an ordinance that would loosen rules around their construction was voted down by the city council.Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2024
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The mayor hosted a fundraiser with cryptocurrency industry executives in Puerto Rico last week where attendants were encouraged to give $3,700 each.Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Arriving at Teterboro, a lounge filled with treats and happy attendants awaited, easing the walk out on the tarmac, where selfies broke out in front of the plane.Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2024
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And his administration will have ample opportunities to slow or even kill future transactions – lifeboats that some media companies may need to survive.Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Out of the ship's 132 passengers and crew, 114 people died – and the few people who survived the wreck were stuck in a lifeboat for a week.Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
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The system prompt directs the chatbot to rely on the main article and supplementary articles when crafting its responses.TIME Staff, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Both voter guides and sample ballots act as supplementary information for measures, propositions and candidates involved in local, statewide and national elections.Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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The former dining room, where there’s an outlet in the floor that was used to connect to a bell for servants, is now the library.Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2024
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In the early decades, over the summer break, some students were sent to work as servants in white homes.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Auxiliary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auxiliary. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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