: in addition to : besides
the coach, as well as the team, is ready
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we offer electronic toys as well as rent out video games
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Stay tuned for more coverage from UFC 311, as well as results, reactions, recaps on fight night.
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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
Housing costs continued to soar under Biden due to rising home values as well as soaring mortgage rates after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates to battle inflation.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Stay tuned for more coverage from UFC 311, as well as results, reactions, recaps on fight night.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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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 22 Jan. 2025.
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