supernumerary
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Among the supernumerary features: 13 cupholders, seven USB-C ports, two 120V outlets, and three-zone climate control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
The results showed that the participants who had received training on the supernumerary arm performed the tasks just as well as the participants who were working with a partner.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2023
Because that's what Japanese company Exii recently premiered with their Jizai Arms — a robotic arm bag, or "supernumerary robotic limb system" that enables humans to control six additional AI robotic limbs.
From Salon ● May 28, 2023
A supernumerary is a role that requires minimal talent.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
It was this extra attention to detail, a supernumerary zeal to approach perfection that led him to spend part of each weekday morning at Hobie’s Grill.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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He remembers the houses with high ceilings, Dresden china chandeliers and suits of armor in the corners; the men in creaking shirts; the Sunday roasts; the Harvard-Yale football games; the bustling of supernumeraries.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
BAM Fisher is the wrong venue for “Sun & Sea,” with the singers and supernumeraries crammed on too small a sandbar, pinned up against ugly gray walls.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
Broken into six-hour installments spaced out over two weeks, the hallucinatory concert extravaganza is being custom tailored, with local musicians, guest artists and glittery supernumeraries brought in for the occasion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
Pasha Selim became a fashion mogul, and models were used as supernumeraries who walked an illuminated runway.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 24, 2014
The stage band and chorus numbered some 450, and there were 300 supernumeraries; so that when the curtain rose the effect was most magnificent.
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 by James H. Mapleson
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