secondary
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Construction, maintenance and shipping businesses have sprung up, along with secondary businesses that support the industry.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
My parents, who have since died, were the primary beneficiaries on the current policy, and my brother is the secondary beneficiary.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
But that dormant rage would eventually return, to the point where his art became secondary.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Robinson added: "It feels safer to have somebody discharged back to the queue of the GP, than open to a secondary service when we can't engage them, or we can't do anything for them."
From BBC • May 5, 2026
He talked often of how he could not go to university because he had to find a job to support his siblings, and how people he was cleverer than in secondary school now had doctorates.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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