Example sentences for: extraneous

How can you use “extraneous” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Such interest usually would be based on information extraneous to the data in the table: a complaint might be received, for example, about conditions in the San Diego site, or allegations might be made that the high costs of the Miami site were due to mismanagement.

  • I wish the public discussion of his article had focused on solutions to the dilemma he posed rather than on an extraneous appendage.

  • ? Heteronyms, absent extraneous verbiage, reinforce the standard-daylight time changer, “Spring ahead, fall back.”

  • Republicans said the bill had lost sight of its original goal--reducing teen smoking--and become a tax-and-spend monstrosity full of extraneous special-interest tax breaks and off-budget spending.

  • Also, as the author acknowledges, “This is not meant to be a definitive lexicon of Australian-English,” a true enough statement even without the extraneous hyphen.


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