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Recent Examples of ancillary
But campaign finance rules require campaigns to pay the fair market value for the ancillary costs of holding events — everything from staging to the band to food and drink.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Gillis, meanwhile, became golf’s newest ancillary character.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 13 May 2025
After placing the emphasis of her hype on Wicked just a year ago, Langley called out SNL’s recent 50th anniversary special and the many ancillary programs around it.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
Real estate values could drop, and all the ancillary services related to real estate will be impacted as well.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Gillis, meanwhile, became golf’s newest ancillary character.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 13 May 2025
After placing the emphasis of her hype on Wicked just a year ago, Langley called out SNL’s recent 50th anniversary special and the many ancillary programs around it.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
Real estate values could drop, and all the ancillary services related to real estate will be impacted as well.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancillary
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Sports Inside the 2025 NFL schedule: 13 things to know about this season’s games May 14, 2025 The secondary depth could cause headaches for Clinkscale.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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Project Emery took a blow as playing Europa League football next season was a secondary target.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Nearby, an auxiliary two-bedroom cottage seals the estate status.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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While some lower-ranking leaders in other parts of the country also have roots in Vietnam, including auxiliary bishops in Atlanta, Georgia, and Orange, California, Pham is the nation’s first Vietnamese American to oversee an entire diocese, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
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The 6th Ranger Training Battalion belongs to the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade which is a subordinate brigade of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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The company kept the HBO brand, of course, as subordinate under the Max umbrella.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Only pilots, flight dispatchers, and flight attendants at subsidiary regional carrier Endeavor Air are union members.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Nagata’s son, Hiroyuki, is CEO of subsidiary Retail AI, which is in charge of developing the smart shopping carts and AI cameras.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Five years after the pandemic, successful retailers are using data to develop the business equivalent of peripheral vision.—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Rieder has also recently been adding European sovereign bonds from Germany, as well as some peripheral sovereigns such as France, Ireland, Spain and Italy.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
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And this past week, The Financial Times reported that regulators were preparing to announce within months a reduction in the supplementary leverage ratio, a backstop safety measure adopted in 2014.—
Peter Coy,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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But in an fMRI machine, her brain looked surprisingly active: When she was asked to imagine playing tennis, blood flowed to her brain’s supplementary motor area, a region that helps coordinate movement.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2025
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According to a Berkeley Research Group report, 89% of fast-food employers reduced employee hours, 35% cut supplemental benefits, and food prices jumped by nearly 15%.—
Bob Rauch,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Existing government programs, such as Social Security, unemployment and supplemental nutrition assistance for women, infants and children, determine eligibility for those benefits based on an individual’s income.—
Michael Wilner,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Still, based on consensus estimates, the company's sales are projected to reach $23.4 billion in 2026, representing a marginal decline from the $23.6 billion recorded last year.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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With the large tourist population supplying a significant portion of state tax revenue therefore meaning likely marginal sales tax savings for Floridians, voters favor property tax reform over sales tax cuts.—
Robert McClure III,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2025
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“Ancillary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancillary. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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