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

And while all the ancillary details are smoothed out, let’s look at what the Nationals have accomplished this offseason and what could be left on their agenda.

From Washington Post

The pair tend to enjoy listening to each other talk, sometimes meandering off-topic, but certainly are equally knowledgeable about ancillary minutiae as well as film history and the movie’s loftier themes.

From Washington Times