Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auxiliaries
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The Charges The obstruction charge centers on allegations that Comey directed subordinates to remove or conceal those memos from FBI systems after his dismissal in May 2017, actions prosecutors claim impeded a lawful investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified material.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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The move came eight months after the controversial resignation of former AD Pat Hobbs, who had been under an internal investigation over an inappropriate relationship with gymnastics coach Umme Salim-Beasley, one of his subordinates.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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When asked about the impact of tactics to improve affordability, both rent freezes/caps and friendlier apartment zoning received approval from 34% of those polled, seeing the moves as cost-cutters.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
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Without access to many kitchen supplies, the women improvised, using wine bottles and shell casings as rolling pins and baking soda tins as cutters.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Their society was hierarchical, with those below the caciques known as the nitaínos (elites), behiques (perhaps shamans), and the naborías (usually servants and commoners).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, his daughters Olivia and Helen, and their friends, are finding their way and finding love—even where they’re not supposed to, according to the logline.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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The film, which debuted at the Busan International Film Festival, centers on gang underlings who, oddly, compete to avoid becoming the boss while pursuing personal ambitions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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The stories involving Olympia’s other underlings, Sarah Franklin (Leah Lewis) and Billy Martinez (David Del Rio), were often minimized and isolated.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Oct. 2025
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Viewers are dropped into the aftermath of an unnamed personal conflict and must work out over the course of the runtime the stakes of the situation, a highwire act handled deftly by the actors whose tender performances provide the emotional impact of the film’s shattering final sequence.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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The scenes unfold like reunion and release, tender against the alien architecture.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In September 2025, Emerson pled guilty to one felony count of interference with flight crew members and attendants, per Oregon Public Broadcasting.—
Maddie Garfinkle,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Downtown parking attendants used flashlights to guide vehicles into their lots.—
Robert Wyss,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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Store employees would celebrate news of Auburn road wins by throwing ticker tape onto power lines.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Paying the price for the company’s decisions are the 70 full-time park employees and hundreds of seasonal workers, along with the hundreds of thousands of annual guests who will have one less form of affordable entertainment.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the Lumière brothers’ short Workers Leaving the Factory (1895), considered by many historians to be the first cinematographic film recording, the onscreen laborers are actually leaving their jobs at the Lumières’ factory, where photographic plates were produced and developed.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Chiefs or caciques held godlike powers and could order laborers to cultivate land or serve in military encounters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Auxiliaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auxiliaries. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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