as in extrinsic
not being a vital part of or belonging to something
the point of view that art should be for art's sake and that moral considerations are adventitious to the study of art
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Recent Examples of adventitious
The cut appears to have been high enough that the stump should still have enough adventitious buds to regrow.
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Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
Plant Deep — Really Deep Tomatoes have the ability to produce roots off their stems, known as adventitious roots.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 12 May 2020
This can also occur when trees are planted too deep, as adventitious (growing sideways from the stem) roots grow against the stem and squeeze the sapwood.
—Rebecca Jepsen, The Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adventitious
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When using the extrinsic approaches, the method calculates the ratio of a company’s public market value or sale value relative to the value of a core operating metric, such as revenue or EBITDA.Storm Duncan, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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But here's the brutal truth: External rewards—extrinsic motivators—rarely sustain us in the long run.Akin Akinpelu, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The pleasant sphere is much less visually interesting, but that’s oddly irrelevant to the art museum.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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To not diversify leadership and practice DEI is to risk being irrelevant.Julie Kratz, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Perspective allows for a deeper understanding of internal and external challenges a business is facing, and objectivity helps remove potential bias or blind spots.Joseph Longo, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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In her new role, Shulman will oversee all internal and external communications strategies, manage media relations, client publicity, strategic planning and social media for the agency, further elevating Paradigm’s brand across the entertainment industry.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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Vitrines holding wildly different white or black objects make no sense, because whatever might be the specific visual point of the art objects is extraneous.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Institutional neutrality means refraining from extraneous position-taking in both word and deed.Daniel Diermeier, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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The accidental shot that killed Hutchins also struck Souza in the shoulder, narrowly missing his spine.Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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The film tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who, left to fend for himself and his younger brother following their parents’ deaths in 1880s Wyoming, goes on the run with his long-estranged grandfather after he’s sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a local rancher.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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But as the two creatives note, maybe there’s a bit of profiling going on if Star Wars fans instantly assumed that Neel and Max Rebo share alien DNA.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Dave Bautista, Steven Yeun, Zoë Kravitz, Léa Seydoux, Riley Keough, and Channing Tatum have been confirmed for the cast as the movie’s international sales agent mk2 films gears up to ramp up pre-sales at the AFM. Alpha Gang centers on a group of alien invaders sent to conquer Earth.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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Around half of the 101 foreign and Israeli hostages still held incommunicado in Gaza are believed to still be alive.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
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There was even an appeal by Taiwan’s former President Tsai Ing-Wen, pushing back on arguments that the U.S. should be focusing its foreign military support on Taiwan, given the threat from China.Laura Kelly, The Hill, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Adventitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adventitious. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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