ancillary

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"The movie has strong ancillary business, merchandising, and theme park potential, and it's going to be very profitable."

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 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

And it is lucrative: add-on fees, or "ancillary revenue", brings in billions for these airlines every year.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

In the Tenth Book of the Ethics he puts the claims of the Contemplative Life even higher than Plato ever did, so that the practical life appears to be only ancillary to it.

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.