: in addition to : besides
the coach, as well as the team, is ready
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Preposition
we offer electronic toys as well as rent out video games
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
The audit, which began in March, focuses on the Department of Labor, Education, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, the Treasury, and the Social Security Administration, as well as the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS), according to Wired.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2023
But shearwaters, as well as petrels and albatrosses, are part of a class known as tube-nosed seabirds, with tubular nostrils and an excellent senses of smell.
—Matthew Savoca, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2023
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Conjunction
For many people born in recent decades, the internet feels inseparable from its corporate operators—as well as from our lives.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
The audit, which began in March, focuses on the Department of Labor, Education, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, the Treasury, and the Social Security Administration, as well as the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS), according to Wired.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Preposition
Overview Few cars are capable of serving the gods of both comfort and sportiness as well as the 2023 BMW 3-series sedan.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2023
But shearwaters, as well as petrels and albatrosses, are part of a class known as tube-nosed seabirds, with tubular nostrils and an excellent senses of smell.
—Matthew Savoca, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2023
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“As well as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20well%20as. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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