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

After the 25 cycles, they measured the data qubits directly to see whether the ancillary qubits tracked all the flips or more had sneaked in, meaning the machine lost track of the logical qubit.

From Science Magazine

Among the most meaningful reforms that could take place would be committing to hiring people of color in decision-making positions and as ancillary workers who often serve as gatekeepers, such as agents and literary reviewers.

From Salon