supplemental

adjective

sup·ple·men·tal | \ˌsə-plə-ˈmen-tᵊl

Definition of supplemental

1 : serving to supplement

2 : nonscheduled a supplemental airline

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Examples of supplemental in a Sentence

She receives a supplemental income every month from the government. the new program will provide supplemental health insurance to thousands of workers

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The company and the Teamsters are still negotiating some local supplemental agreements for parcel workers. — Paul Page, WSJ, "Today’s Logistics Report: Labor Peace in Trucking; Tankers in Rebound; Supplier Tariff Tensions," 12 Nov. 2018 Construction of the $8 billion project, which was due to begin as early as next year, is now halted until the State Department completes a supplemental environmental review. — Jon Porter, The Verge, "Judge blocks Keystone XL pipeline, says government cannot ignore ‘inconvenient’ facts," 9 Nov. 2018 Still, six of 36 supplemental agreements that deal with individual local issues were rejected and have to be renegotiated, Taylor said. — Thomas Black, The Seattle Times, "Teamsters union ratifies UPS deal even though members turned it down," 8 Oct. 2018 In addition, fasting is being explored as a supplemental treatment for brain injury, various cancers and metabolic syndrome. — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, "Not So Fast," 24 Sep. 2018 Most of the supplemental collagen is formulated in powder form, while some others come liquified to drink. — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, "The Truth About Drinking Collagen Supplements for Better Skin," 14 Sep. 2018 Is this probably gonna wind up being more of a supplemental thing than a primary income for people? — Eric Johnson, Recode, "Social media makes us angry and unfocused. Is email the answer?," 6 Sep. 2018 Now, both Google and Bing attempt tosurround your query with supplemental information—and encourage you to keep delving deeper. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Microsoft shines a 'spotlight' on Bing news searches to add more context," 27 Aug. 2018 Cleaning houses, once a supplemental sideline, has become her main gig after the factory closes. — Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com, "'Ironbound' at the Geffen Playhouse: An immigrant's portrait, painted with piercing realism," 9 Feb. 2018

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