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: in addition to : besides
the coach, as well as the team, is ready
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we offer electronic toys as well as rent out video games
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Conjunction
Trump Could Offer More Oil and Gas Leases on Public Lands
As president, Trump will oversee the Interior Department, which includes the Bureau of Land Management as well as the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, both of which manage a substantial fraction of the country’s public lands and waters.
—Li Zhou, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
The deal is valid from May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2031, encompassing India’s tours of New Zealand in the 2026-27 and 2030-31 summers, as well as all other bilateral Tests, ODIs, and T20Is played in New Zealand during the period.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 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
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“As well as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20well%20as. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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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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