ancillary

Example Sentences

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Hospitals have to reinvest profits and devote a critical part of their budget to hire more nurses and ancillary staff.

From Scientific American

This hybrid whodunit/monster-hunter mashup is centered around one central unsolved mystery, and several ancillary riddles, in the Emerald Triangle, a swath of Northern California wilderness across Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead they sought to open spinoff or “ancillary” proceedings creating new law regarding the historically important question of limits of the confidentiality of Oval Office communications.

From Washington Post

Ideally, more jobs would be created outside of traditional corridors, and housing and ancillary businesses would follow.

From New York Times

The protocols for the ancillary events are not yet clear, but the before- and after-parties are traditionally packed — the combination of free booze and celebrity sighting has always proved to be irresistible.

From Washington Post