as in supplementary
related to each other in such a way that one completes the other
the complementary contributions of the cooking and cleanup committees were essential to the success of the church barbecue
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Recent Examples of complementary
Combining strengths This collaboration brings together two very different but complementary players.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Their success was even more impressive considering the lack of a complementary wide receiver to prevent opposing secondaries from doubling Lamb.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Talk to your health provider before having any type of massage or other complementary therapy.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Looking to expand its trade credit and distribution footprint, Home Depot announced in June a more than $4 billion bid to buy GMS, which would become part of the SRS division and add a complementary network of drywall, ceilings, and steel framing suppliers.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Their success was even more impressive considering the lack of a complementary wide receiver to prevent opposing secondaries from doubling Lamb.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Talk to your health provider before having any type of massage or other complementary therapy.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Looking to expand its trade credit and distribution footprint, Home Depot announced in June a more than $4 billion bid to buy GMS, which would become part of the SRS division and add a complementary network of drywall, ceilings, and steel framing suppliers.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for complementary
Adjective
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Third, the letter writer and her family might want to consider engaging a geriatric care manager who could help them to identify supplementary services and connections in the local community that could go at least some way to alleviating her isolation.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Third, something the letter writer and her family might want to consider engaging a geriatric care manager who could help them to identify supplementary services and connections in the local community that could go at least some way to alleviating her isolation.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There were reciprocal tariffs added on top, raising the tariffs from 10 to 25 percent as a base increase on my regular costs.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Heading into the final season of a five-year, $100 million deal, there could be mutual interest in a clean break.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Respecting it communicates that both voices matter and that decisions cannot move forward without mutual consent.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Complementary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complementary. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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