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adjudicator, adjugate, adjunct, adjunct professor, adjunction, adjunctive, adjuration, adjure, adjust, adjustability, adjustable
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The rendering of it is not an adjunctive performance, not a mere extraneous decoration.
Browning and the Dramatic Monologue|S. S. CurrySome adjunctive therapies lend themselves very well to use by individuals on their own.
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