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auxiliary

[awg-zil-yuh-ree, -zil-uh-] / ɔgˈzɪl yə ri, -ˈzɪl ə- /




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But the celebrations in one Tehran neighborhood were also furtive and short lived to avoid riot police or members of the Basij, a voluntary auxiliary force with the Revolutionary Guards.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

On Thursday, the company said "a leak of drilling fluid was identified in two auxiliary lines" connecting the drilling rig to a well about 175 kilometers offshore.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

On the island, Laczko waited as mechanics tried to fix the plane’s auxiliary power unit that sits in the tail of the plane.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Surgeons implanted an auxiliary liver graft derived from a genetically modified Diannan miniature pig featuring 10 targeted gene alterations.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025

Livermore seemed to be an auxiliary outpost caught between two larger labs, Los Alamos and Berkeley, and it was hardly unreasonable to wonder, with Rabi, if it would ever amount to more.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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