auxiliary
Example Sentences
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On Thursday, the company said "a leak of drilling fluid was identified in two auxiliary lines" connecting the drilling rig to a well about 175 kilometers offshore.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
A recent study in the Journal of Hepatology describes the first successful auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig into a living human.
From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025
The RSF, formerly known as the Janjaweed, emerged in the early 2000s as an auxiliary militia in Darfur and later evolved into a powerful, independently commanded force.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
Vann and his auxiliary bishops posted a letter last month condemning the raids, which they said “invoke our worst instincts” and “spread crippling fear and anxieties upon the hard-working, everyday faithful among us.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025
Last year she joined the local auxiliary police out of some misplaced sense of civic duty.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing auxiliary
Keystone Exams: English Composition Glossary
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"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber
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The Federalist Papers, No. 51 by James Madison
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