Example Sentences

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For over a century, the Supreme Court has said others can be secondarily liable for another’s copyright infringement.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2025

The study also revealed that ferns likely recruited ant defenders secondarily, tapping into pre-existing ant-angiosperm relationships as they transitioned from the forest floor to the canopy.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

I’ll always feel a little less-than because of my size and, secondarily, my Crohn’s disease.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2023

According to the U.S. air force, the Reaper is "employed primarily as an intelligence-collection asset and secondarily against dynamic execution targets".

From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2023

It was when I first began to perceive that “white man,” as commonly used, means complexion only secondarily; primarily it described attitudes and actions.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey