auxiliary
Example Sentences
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The offer - aimed at avoiding industrial action – applied to doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff, but not homecare workers in the independent sector.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
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 • Mar. 1, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Surgeons implanted an auxiliary liver graft derived from a genetically modified Diannan miniature pig featuring 10 targeted gene alterations.
From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025
The Sisters kept their pantries and auxiliary libraries and armories in the seemingly endless floors belowground.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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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