auxiliary
Example Sentences
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He added that France's partners would also share in the development of "auxiliary" capacities under the new nuclear doctrine: space-based alarm systems; air defence to shoot down incoming drones and missiles; and long-range missiles.
From BBC
But the celebrations in one Tehran neighborhood were also furtive and short lived to avoid riot police or members of the Basij, a voluntary auxiliary force with the Revolutionary Guards.
From Los Angeles Times
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
According to the Geneva Conventions, to which Russia is a party, former POWs can’t be employed on active military service, only in auxiliary roles.
On the island, Laczko waited as mechanics tried to fix the plane’s auxiliary power unit that sits in the tail of the plane.
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