How to Use ancillary in a Sentence

ancillary

adjective
  • The company hopes to boost its sales by releasing ancillary products.
  • And genre movies work very well in the ancillary space as well.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Since then, airlines have made a mint on these ancillary charges.
    — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
  • There is no such thing as an ancillary market.
    — Kennedy French, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Those ancillary upgrades are nice, but the big changes are still the chips.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
  • What the Heat need now is to find out how some of the ancillary pieces fit.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Out back are a new pool, a deck, and a two-bedroom ancillary dwelling unit.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 May 2026
  • Plans for the game and all of the ancillary events that come with it have been in the works for more than two years.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2022
  • All of the graphics on the video board and ancillary displays are new as well.
    — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2021
  • But those were the ancillary elements that may change as the awards show does.
    — Daniel D'addario, Time, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Instead, ancillary fees should be taxed at the same rate as airfare.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
  • But sometimes that’s part of it, that these sort of ancillary things do matter.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 9 Feb. 2022
  • If a skill is ancillary to your role, by all means, see if AI can do it.
    — Big Think, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Yet those plays became ancillary in the big picture.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The savings from this ancillary benefit alone might make your case for you.
    — Shankar Somasundaram, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • But some of the ancillary programming will change.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
  • The specifics of her story are almost ancillary to the film's message.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The draft is a three-day production, with plenty of ancillary events.
    — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • Many of the monastery's ancillary buildings were added upon his arrival.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 7 June 2017
  • And with all that, merchandise and all the rest of the incomes that come ancillary to touring.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 27 May 2021
  • This caused a run in some ancillary AI plays like Corning.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The actual concours is a must-see, and the ancillary events are more than worthwhile.
    — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2018
  • To make things worse, ancillary programs that are crucial for good health are also on the chopping block.
    — Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Thank you for the reminder of all of the ancillary services hospice offers.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2020
  • And many of these ancillary tech gadgets appear to be from China.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Not here for the chit-chat Quenton Nelson has all the ancillary stuff out of the way.
    — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2018
  • There’s more of a crossover in our adult lives, from ancillary friendships that have brought us together.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
  • This year, four new fragrances will debut, as will ancillary products like hand creams, body washes and soaps.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The school structure is so large that the academy cannot fill all the classrooms and ancillary spaces.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 27 Mar. 2021
  • There was a vote about whether to proceed with an ancillary matter to the Percoco case.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021

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