secondarily

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Recent Examples of secondarily The main psychoactive compounds — mitragynine and, secondarily, 7-OH — don’t currently appear anywhere in the federal scheduling system for drugs. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026 An exception is the gut microorganism Monocercomonoides, in which mitochondria have been secondarily lost. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026 And then secondarily, this is all about verification. — ABC News, 14 June 2026 More to Explore Abrahm and Kenter also argue that Tik-Tok essentially follows the Three Laws of Robotics that Asimov would lay down decades later—robots must first prioritize human lives, secondarily obey orders from humans, and only consider their own welfare after that. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 19 May 2026 The suit alleges Anthropic is secondarily liable for contributory and vicarious infringement tied to those uses. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026 Be sure to read for your rising sign first and your sun sign secondarily for the most accurate insights. — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2026 Taking part in a match in Saudi Arabia could be lucrative for United and, secondarily, provide warm weather to train in during the winter months. — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 And secondarily, and just as important, the defense industry relies heavily on rare-earth inputs for all of its high-tech gadgetry. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Dec. 2023
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Adverb
  • Among recent theater that has wrestled, even tangentially, with the Jewish diaspora’s relationship to Israel, like Birthright, Jewish Plot, or Giant, Slam Frank is notable both for its gregarious impudence and then sudden caution.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But like older respondents, Gen Z is especially interested in hearing CEOs’ perspectives on issues at least tangentially related to running a business, like clean air and water, the environment, sustainability, and AI.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Cruises that parenthetically include Rome in their itineraries actually dock in Civitavecchia, which is about an hour and a half away without traffic.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • The Midnight Madness People’s Choice winner was Ladies And Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney (incidentally box office phenomenon Obsession was first runner up last year).
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The daughter, incidentally, is a tuberculosis patient in a Swiss sanatorium (shades of Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, which had appeared to great acclaim only five years earlier).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Secondarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondarily. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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