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Recent Examples of supplemental In addition to Part D, people who opt for traditional Medicare also usually pay for supplemental coverage, known as Medigap coverage, which fills in some of the services left out of Medicare coverage. Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025 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, 20 Oct. 2025 These funds provide supplemental instruction in reading and math, professional development for teachers, resources for parent involvement, and services for students experiencing homelessness. Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025 There is some supplemental new footage in the film to give the audience a rest. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for supplemental
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplemental
Adjective
  • To help the city reach its goal, Johnson's budget allocated funding to increase the number of auxiliary positions for parking enforcement officers.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • By deploying naval auxiliary vessels for supply missions, the Chinese coast guard can maximize its operational availability in the South China Sea, Luck added, describing the region as an expansive body of water with significant distances.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The district would also need to create supplementary resources to help teachers incorporate AI into the classroom.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for the murders and received an additional 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to 22 financial crimes.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • This story has been updated with additional reporting.
    Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • These findings, when considered alongside observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), provide complementary evidence for understanding this comet's unusual chemistry.
    Darryl Seligman, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • However, on a young team like the Red Sox, Schwarber would need to be a complementary piece to Anthony and the other young, talented players in Boston.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The draft of the law states that no accessory dwelling units, junior or otherwise, could be rented out.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The homes in Douglass Sumner will include single family homes, duplexes and homes with accessory dwelling units.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His peripheral stats like WHIP and FIP were virtually identical to last year's, but sometimes, bad luck gets in the way.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • How Tielemans overcame early toils is often used as a source of encouragement by new additions who seem peripheral at first.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Supplemental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplemental. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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