auxiliary

On Aug. 5, Betancourt strode into a conference room behind the art deco facade of the old Greyhound Bus Terminal in downtown Washington that houses an auxiliary Pentagon office.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

A cousin who happened to be an auxiliary police officer was let onto the scene.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Using auxiliary degrees of freedom is not a new concept in physics.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026

The “blue boat,” survivors said, eventually took on board all 16 crew members, who had managed to clamber into a pair of auxiliary skiffs attached to the Negra Francisca.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

“I’m going to tell him,” Clevinger insisted, as the two of them sat high in the reviewing stands looking down on the auxiliary parade-ground at Lieutenant Scheisskopf raging back and forth like a beardless Lear.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

“We tend to undervalue and I would say underinvest in those unsexy but important capabilities like the oilers, like the auxiliaries, like the tenders. It’s the quiet backbone of American naval power.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Kabila, a former general, was also disparaging about the government's handling of the security situation countrywide, especially the use of pro-government militias as "auxiliaries" of the armed forces.

From BBC ● May 24, 2025

Back then, California’s educational poobahs saw computers and typing as auxiliaries to learning instead of the essential skills we view them as today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

The group, made up of 3,530 people - 2,180 combatants and 1,350 auxiliaries - has maintained a bilateral ceasefire with the Colombian government since the beginning of the year.

From Reuters ● Apr. 16, 2023

What about the second half of the conditional, the fhen-clause, which calls for the auxiliaries would, could, should, or might?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker