tertiary

In the Arctic Yukon, however, the cats occupied a very different ecological role as tertiary consumers and likely specialized in anadromous fish such as salmon.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Investors instead have been gravitating to what Morgan Stanley analyst Joe Moore described as “secondary and tertiary AI beneficiaries” that are also benefiting from the booming investment cycle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

It has taken time for investor enthusiasm to return to the story, as the secondary and tertiary beneficiaries of AI continue to outperform, Moore noted on Monday.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

But once tertiary infections appear - friends of friends, or contacts of contacts - the outbreak slips out of control unless authorities impose much tougher measures, including lockdowns.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

Today only tertiary remains as a common designation everywhere, even though it no longer represents a third period of anything.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

And the colors are luscious, richly blended primaries and secondaries and tertiaries that are saturated and sensual and accentuated with blinding highlights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2019

The tertiaries; these are the third branches that grow in pairs from the secondaries in the same manner as the secondaries grow on the primaries. 5th.

From The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial by Hawaii. Dept. of Foreign Affairs

They resembled the cord or scapular that the Catholic tertiaries wore to represent the habit of the monastic order to which they belonged.

From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis) Conway

For a room that is small and well lighted the fresh tints are not as desirable as the gray shades or tertiaries in conjunction with secondaries.

From Color Value by C. R. (Chandler Robbins) Clifford

But besides these full members there is an enormous number of lay adherents, like the tertiaries of the Franciscans.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various