1
as in similarly
in like manner
we stayed at a historic London hotel, the same establishment that had also welcomed our grandparents many years ago
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2
as in then
in addition to what has been said
I'd like a motorcycle for my birthday; also, I'd like a new CD player
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Recent Examples of also
She's also heard praise from her mom.
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Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Feb. 2026
Similarly, Bad Bunny also stopped at a piraguas cart recreation and briefly grabbed a frozen dessert.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
These participants also performed better on tests of overall cognitive function, the report noted.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Scottsdale is also a sought after retirement community because of the year-round activities and warm weather.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Feb. 2026
Similarly, Bad Bunny also stopped at a piraguas cart recreation and briefly grabbed a frozen dessert.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
These participants also performed better on tests of overall cognitive function, the report noted.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Scottsdale is also a sought after retirement community because of the year-round activities and warm weather.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for also
Adverb
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Ball State’s Deaf education program, similarly, is required to merge with other degrees before next school year.—
Claire Rafford,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
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Espinoza similarly described a case in which a girl was set to be released with an ankle monitor, but her mother, who had taken public transportation to the Inglewood Juvenile Courthouse, was expected to travel to Kilpatrick to pick her up under the current system.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The Conservancy then takes those estimates and extrapolates them across the whole island.—
Kris Millgate,
Outdoor Life,
6 Feb. 2026
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Police officials at a news conference said the officers had collected personal and private information unlawfully and distributed it to organized crime figures, in some cases for bribes, and that mobsters then carried out shootings and other violent crimes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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An exceptional culinary experience likewise extends to the beauty of the cutlery, crystal, and fine china set the meal is served with, ideally in a space likewise suited to the elegance of such a tablescape.—
Laurie Brookins,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
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Pheu Thai party leader Julapun Amornvivat likewise thanked voters.—
GRANT PECK,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Luar isn’t hosting a show, either.—
Hilary Milnes,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Metro, opened a few years later, doesn’t really go there either — the Foggy Bottom–GWU/Kennedy Center stop is nearly half a mile away.—
Christopher Robbins,
Curbed,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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And besides, the problems had begun much earlier.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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There are subtler blanks besides.—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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In the meantime, an unstable government could become more rather than less aggressive, not least to keep younger hard-liners from rebelling.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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If Grosz’s first book, The Examined Life, was all about his patients’ personal lives and struggles, Love’s Labor—which is written in a similar way, as a series of case studies—is much more interested in his patients’ approach to love, specifically.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
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