ancillary

adjective

Definition of ancillarynext
as in secondary

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Recent Examples of ancillary July 16 No games, but plenty of ancillary activities. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026 While these situations typically involve a primary and ancillary option, others may be used. — Greg Jewett, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Hotel, airfare, dining, local transportation and ancillary experiences follow. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Airlines generated $148 billion in ancillary revenue worldwide in 2024, a 26% increase from the previous year. — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for ancillary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancillary
  1. secondary
  2. auxiliary
  3. subordinate
  4. subsidiary
  5. peripheral
  6. supplementary
  7. supplemental
  8. marginal
Adjective
  • Agents then referred the vehicle for a secondary inspection and used X-ray equipment to scan the truck and trailer.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • David Staack, PhD, an associate professor at the university, said the hydrogen was the team’s original target, while carbon was considered a secondary product.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
Definition of secondary
Adjective
  • Ouachita County sheriff's office Chief Deputy Larry McMahen said Truelove is a former auxiliary officer with the sheriff's office but had not been certified as an auxiliary officer in quite some time.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2026
  • The business operates across avionics, navigation, flight controls, sensing, aerospace electronics, auxiliary power systems, thermal management and mission-critical defense technologies.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of auxiliary
Adjective
  • Executive Vulnerability How a leader reacts in the five-second window after being corrected by a subordinate determines the future of that company’s innovation.
    — William DeCourcy, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 30 May 2026
Definition of subordinate
Adjective
  • The institute, alert to what was coming, had already moved its financial resources out of the country and opened a subsidiary office in Geneva.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • The participation exemption can eliminate corporate tax on the sale of subsidiary shares at exit entirely.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Definition of subsidiary
Adjective
  • The National Marrow Donor Program had matched him with a woman battling a rare blood disease, calling on him to donate peripheral blood stem cells through a long blood draw.
    — Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • The flare-up quickly transformed Lebanon from a peripheral concern into a central question hanging over the Iran war and the nascent peace talks.
    — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
Definition of peripheral
Adjective
  • Poetry and Original Spoken Word are considered supplementary events, Frazier said.
    — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • In some parts of Hwange, natural seeps and seasonal watering holes provide supplementary water, while Wilderness helps pump water to artificial watering holes in the southeastern region of the park.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
Definition of supplementary
Adjective
  • Provide supplemental irrigation as needed during the first year after planting to develop a robust root system.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Prestigious universities, including Miami, Tulane, WashU, and UNC, are eliminating supplemental essays from their college applications, following a trend set by TCU and UVA.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of supplemental
Adjective
  • The area is under a marginal risk (Level 1 of 5) of severe weather.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • To be sure, the effect is uneven as some very cold places may see modest benefits from marginal warming, at least up to a point.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 30 June 2026
Definition of marginal

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