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auxiliary

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




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The safety concern is that, during an outage, this auxiliary electricity source could endanger electricians or utility workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The Vatican announced the nomination of Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, 55, currently an auxiliary bishop in Washington, to the diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in the poor mountainous state of West Virginia.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

The offer - aimed at avoiding industrial action – applied to doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff, but not homecare workers in the independent sector.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

A recent study in the Journal of Hepatology describes the first successful auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig into a living human.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025

There was a touch of fire across the sky, and an instant later the auxiliary rocket landed beyond the camp.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury




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