Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

adjunct

[aj-uhngkt] / ˈædʒ ʌŋkt /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

M.P.H., director of the University of Victoria's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and an adjunct professor at Boston University.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Many schools relied on adjunct professors during the boom to manage the influx of computer-science students, but those schools that added tenured faculty could be in a tight spot.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The limits “cannot be clearly explained by differences in real or perceived quality in the instruction of full-time or adjunct faculty,” wrote Woodward, the department’s third-ranking official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Schiffman was the study's corresponding author and an adjunct professor in the joint department of biomedical engineering at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

At home in Berkeley, he spent a weekend scouting locations for a heavy-water reactor, convinced that he was on the verge of securing the project as an adjunct to the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

He said hiring adjuncts with industry experience could enhance student success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Healthy dietary and lifestyle practices should remain the foundation for obesity treatment and management, with medications such as GLP-1 receptor agonists used as adjuncts."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026

Administrators rely too heavily on student reviews when deciding whether to retain adjuncts, assistant professors and even associates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

Hiring adjuncts with industry experience could advise students how to find entry-level work in their future career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

I rang for the tea, and the waiter, reappearing with his magic clue, brought in by degrees some fifty adjuncts to that refreshment, but of tea not a glimpse.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens


Vocabulary lists containing adjunct

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training