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auxiliary

[awg-zil-yuh-ree, -zil-uh-] / ɔgˈzɪl jə ri, -ˈzɪl ə- /




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With AI researchers, we built a training technique called gradient-routed auxiliary modules, or GRAM.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

A cousin who happened to be an auxiliary police officer was let onto the scene.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Using auxiliary degrees of freedom is not a new concept in physics.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026

They also managed to clamber aboard auxiliary craft, and the blue boat took all 20 fishermen on board, crew members said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

The naval auxiliary girls were on E deck.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

“We tend to undervalue and I would say underinvest in those unsexy but important capabilities like the oilers, like the auxiliaries, like the tenders. It’s the quiet backbone of American naval power.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Back then, California’s educational poobahs saw computers and typing as auxiliaries to learning instead of the essential skills we view them as today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

The group, made up of 3,530 people - 2,180 combatants and 1,350 auxiliaries - has maintained a bilateral ceasefire with the Colombian government since the beginning of the year.

From Reuters ● Apr. 16, 2023

Unison claims serious breaches of safety guidelines are occurring daily due to a lack of nurses, auxiliaries and porters.

From BBC ● May 13, 2022

I say, then, that the armies with which a prince defends his state are made up of his own troops, or mercenaries, or auxiliaries, or of mixed troops.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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