ancillary

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HOA fees are ancillary housing costs, along with property taxes and home insurance, that all add to homeowners’ monthly expenses.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

This is already a long book, and it would have been better without the ancillary stories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

“These industry shifts have directly reduced box office revenues and related ancillary revenues, including food and beverage sales,” the company stated in its bankruptcy filing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Many enrollees are drawn to the program’s drug coverage, often included at no additional premium, and ancillary benefits like vision and dental, which traditional Medicare doesn’t cover.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

We have seen that, although Seneca has a certain interest in the logic and physics of the older Stoicism, he makes all purely speculative inquiry ancillary to moral progress.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel