ancillary

Example Sentences

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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

Instead they sought to open spinoff or “ancillary” proceedings creating new law regarding the historically important question of limits of the confidentiality of Oval Office communications.

From Washington Post

That important distinction can get lost in the torrent of ancillary material in Julien’s film.

From New York Times

The best of Ferrato’s photographs stand on their own without the assistance of ancillary commentary.

From New York Times