supplemental

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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

Recent Examples on the Web But the supplemental payments, though unprecedented, still represent less than one-sixth of Connecticut’s long-term pension debt. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2022 The city approved a supplemental report for Ocean Kamp, based on the report completed for the previous project. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2022 Haaland said the wildland fire management program allocated $407 million this year and that the U.S. Forest Service announced $120 million to be paid as supplemental salary payments to firefighters. — Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2022 That interview was not included in the report, but Attorney General Brian Frosh wrote in a response to Coffin this month that the division would issue a supplemental report. — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2022 The officer could then prepare a supplemental report after viewing the footage to reconcile any differences between the two. — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2022 China real estate – China’s real estate sector shrank by 1.6% in the third quarter compared to a year ago, China’s government announced in a supplemental report to its GDP release on Monday. — Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2021 It was again provided to federal investigators and to the District Attorney's Office as a supplemental report. — Nick Valencia, CNN, 24 May 2021 Little Rock plans to seek supplemental funding from grants, Scott said. — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2022 See More

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