as in more
resulting in an increase in amount or number
there turned out to be additional reasons for her unauthorized absence
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Recent Examples of additional
Digital imagery is eating into that ad space, but there's obviously the additional cost of powering such systems.
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New Atlas, 15 June 2025
New responsibilities put pressure on FHP While not every trooper is carrying out immigration enforcement duties every day, the additional responsibilities can reduce their capacity for FHP’s core mission: traffic control.
—Kara Newhouse, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
In total, the FCC has sent AST five emails about submitting additional details and correcting the application.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
Netflix announced the additional hour, as well as titles of all Season 2 episodes, Tuesday.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 June 2025
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New Atlas, 15 June 2025
New responsibilities put pressure on FHP While not every trooper is carrying out immigration enforcement duties every day, the additional responsibilities can reduce their capacity for FHP’s core mission: traffic control.
—Kara Newhouse, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
In total, the FCC has sent AST five emails about submitting additional details and correcting the application.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
Netflix announced the additional hour, as well as titles of all Season 2 episodes, Tuesday.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for additional
Adjective
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Her work is exceptionally feminine but the mythology and history referenced in her decorative motifs are often much more worldly than femininity is usually understood to imply.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Atlanta's 5,000-capacity event quickly reached its limit, with thousands more gathered outside barriers to hear speakers in front of the state Capitol.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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The effects of the bill would also be compounded by further changes by individual states.—
Simon F. Haeder,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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Established in 1996 to further gender equality in literature prizes, the Women’s Prize bestows the annual honor to the author of what judges determine is the best full-length novel of the year written in English and published in the UK.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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If the two galaxies are aligned just right, the light from the farther galaxy forms a ring around the nearer one.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
10 Feb. 2025
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How fast these farther galaxies are receding from us (which is easily read off from their color) divided by their distances gives H0.—
Liz Kruesi,
WIRED,
8 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Chief Randal Taylor, in an another car behind Adams, aided the pursuit, the police said.—
Justin L. Mack,
Indianapolis Star,
7 May 2020
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This desire to preserve tradition, however, is likely to be met with a growing desire to preserve an another value: openness.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
22 Mar. 2020
Adjective
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All contribute to a perspective no one else shares.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Your setbacks could save someone else years of struggle.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Additional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/additional. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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