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: in addition to : besides
the coach, as well as the team, is ready
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Preposition
we offer electronic toys as well as rent out video games
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Conjunction
Residents of Park City, as well as film enthusiasts from out of town, try to catch a glimpse of celebrities or see films with Oscars buzz before they are released widely.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
The display features a smiling photo of Nonna next to a red vinyl record of her granddaughter's seventh studio album, as well as an image of her song's position at No. 55 on the chart.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
She's set to appear in Yorgos Lanthimos' Kinds of Kindness, which costars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and Willem Dafoe and will release in June, as well as the horror film The Substance, which also stars Demi Moore and Dennis Quaid.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2024
That's another theme that surfaced in the on-campus survey: the need for the next president to focus on internal culture and as well as the relationship between administrators and other employees.
—Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
But Ruto’s new prominence on the international stage comes amid significant challenges in Kenya, including last summer’s protests against the rising cost of living and a gas-tax increase Ruto spearheaded, as well as this January’s demonstrations against allegations of judicial interference.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
There will be more than 2,000 private security agents and 45,000 security forces, as well as state services who will ensure waterway and aerial security.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
Tong is a Singaporean record producer and songwriter, whose discography has gone 80 times platinum, as well as a member of production-writing duo The Swaggernautz.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
All three towns’ utilities, as well as another, in Lockney, reportedly disabled their software to prevent its exploitation, but officials said that service to the water utilities’ customers was never interrupted.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
Preposition
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
Working with stunt coordinators and stunt doubles, as well as actors doing their own stunts, was such fun.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2023
Gore said the dangers of machine gun conversion devices, as well as the ease people can get them, prompted him to file the bill.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2023
That’s a departure from the Oppo Find X5 Pro, which was sold in European as well as Asia.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2023
Here’s a rundown of what’s happening now, as well as other looming problems for the former president.
—Jon Healey Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 21 Mar. 2023
Sponsors might buy a package that includes primetime documentary series on Fox Business Network as well as inventory on Fox Weather, the company’s broadband weather-news outlet.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Mar. 2023
This duo increases cell turnover and gives retinol-like results, like improving texture, redness, firmness, as well as the appearance of fine line and wrinkles, without the negative side effects.
—Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR, 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 24 Apr. 2024.
Kids Definition
as well as
1 of 2 conjunction
: and in addition
catch fish for food as well as for sport
as well as
2 of 2 preposition
: in addition to : besides
is a real scholar as well as being a poet
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