Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You can use ~ to give more information about a person or thing, or to add another relevant fact.
It is the work of Ivor Roberts-Jones, who ~ produced the statue of Churchill in Parliament Square...
He is an asthmatic who was ~ anaemic...
She has a reputation for brilliance. Also, she is gorgeous.
ADV: ADV before v, ADV with cl/group
2.
You can use ~ to indicate that something you have just said about one person or thing is true of another person or thing.
His father, ~ a top-ranking officer, had perished during the war...
We have been working very hard, and our families have ~ worked hard...
Not only cancer, but ~ heart and lung disease are influenced by smoking.
ADV: ADV before v, ADV with group