: 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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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
This trajectory, enriched by Ledbetter’s inspiring love story with her supportive husband Charles (John Benjamin Hickey), is cinematic in its own right, as well as easy enough to follow and root for.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 5 Jan. 2025
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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Conjunction
Heavy rain, sleet, and 2-14 inches of snow are forecast, as well as ice accumulations up to 0.5 inches.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
This trajectory, enriched by Ledbetter’s inspiring love story with her supportive husband Charles (John Benjamin Hickey), is cinematic in its own right, as well as easy enough to follow and root for.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 5 Jan. 2025
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 18 Jan. 2025.
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