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ancillary

[an-suh-ler-ee, an-sil-uh-ree] / ˈæn səˌlɛr i, ænˈsɪl ə ri /


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Hospitals have to reinvest profits and devote a critical part of their budget to hire more nurses and ancillary staff.

From Scientific American

This hybrid whodunit/monster-hunter mashup is centered around one central unsolved mystery, and several ancillary riddles, in the Emerald Triangle, a swath of Northern California wilderness across Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties.

From Los Angeles Times

So, loving to read is not ancillary; it is central to the task.

From Washington Post

“People are loitering there on the plaza and it is spilling into the ancillary areas, which makes it even more of an emergency.”

From Los Angeles Times

The truly committed have inhaled the ancillary nuggets, theories and dissections that have made the rounds on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, et. al, like they were fried goat cheese balls hot from the SUR kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times