supplemental
adjective
sup·ple·men·tal
ˌsə-plə-ˈmen-tᵊl 
1
: serving to supplement
2
: nonscheduled
a supplemental airline
supplemental
noun
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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That may include savings, an HSA (if eligible), and supplemental coverage decisions, among other tools.
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Andrew Crowell, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
The Washington Post reported last week that the administration is expected to request between $80 billion and $100 billion in supplemental funding, scaling back the $200 billion the Pentagon had appeared to initially seek last month.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Some papers include detailed supplemental information about how human mathematicians interacted with LLMs, including transcripts of conversations.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
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Andrew Crowell, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
The Washington Post reported last week that the administration is expected to request between $80 billion and $100 billion in supplemental funding, scaling back the $200 billion the Pentagon had appeared to initially seek last month.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Some papers include detailed supplemental information about how human mathematicians interacted with LLMs, including transcripts of conversations.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
Fairlead Strategies undertakes no obligation to maintain or update this material based on subsequent information and events or to provide you with any additional or supplemental information or any update to or correction of the information contained herein.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for supplemental
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“Supplemental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supplemental. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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supplemental
adjective
sup·ple·men·tal
ˌsəp-lə-ˈment-ᵊl
: serving to supplement : supplementary
Legal Definition
supplemental
adjective
sup·ple·men·tal
ˌsə-plə-ˈment-ᵊl
: serving to complete or make an addition
supplemental appropriations
specifically
: of, relating to, or being a supplemental pleading
supplemental
noun
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