also

1125–75; Middle English; Old English (e)alswā all (wholly or quite) so¹; the meaning “wholly” thus implies replication and therefore “additionally, besides”

Words nearby also

Alsek, alsike, alsike clover, Alsip, Al Sirat, also, Alsop, also-ran, Alston, alstroemeria, Alström's syndrome

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Rand Paul had the benefit of observing both what made his father likable and popular, and what made him an also-ran.
Rand Paul’s Daddy Issues|Olivia Nuzzi|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dozens of other former members and congressional also-rans, both Democrats and Republicans, are squatting on six-figure surpluses.
Ex-Politicians Keeping $100 Million in Private Slush Funds|Dave Levinthal, Center for Public Integrity|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke and Duchess of (confusingly, also-named) Kent were lower-profile Palace neighbors.
Malice in the Palace: Prince George’s Treacherous New Digs|Tina Brown|July 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ten years ago, Apple began its transformation from an also-ran PC maker to a world-beating tech titan.
Welcome to the Anarchy Economy|Daniel Gross|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST

For a time he wrote criticism for Mawaqif, a publication founded by the Syrian poet (and perennial Nobel also-ran) Adonis.
Elias Khoury: Profile of the Essential Arab Novelist Today|Jacob Silverman|August 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Gandhi himself signed this page on the following day, giving the date also-August 27, 1935.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
Five reminders of his homely mug and not a solitary one of the also-rans!
The Kingdom Round the Corner|Coningsby Dawson
He also-458- administered for them the government of Reggio and Modena, their two chief subject cities.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
Down it went, rapidly, even as they stared, until it hung just off the also-falling asteroid.
The Passing of Ku Sui|Anthony Gilmore
Talk of Pompeii—why, this puts it quite among the "also-rans."
War Letters of a Public-School Boy|Paul Jones.

British Dictionary definitions for also

also

/ (ˈɔːlsəʊ) /

adverb

(sentence modifier) in addition; as well; too

sentence connector

besides; moreover

Word Origin for also

Old English alswā; related to Old High German alsō, Old Frisian alsa; see all, so 1

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