complementary

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“It’s relaxing and complementary to a doctor’s dry eye treatments — like medicated drops or in-office treatments — but it’s not a simple fix or cure all,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Anne Marie, a beauty and complementary therapist with her own successful business, was at a pub in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, with her cousins on the night of the incident.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

NOvA's longer distance through Earth and T2K's shorter but more intense beam provide complementary strengths, allowing scientists to compare and refine their measurements with exceptional precision.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

“By combining our organizations, we gain critical scale and complementary, integrated capabilities to drive our ambitious growth strategy,” Brink’s Chief Executive Mark Eubanks said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Hence, the complementary probability that at least one of these 253 people was bom on March 19 is also V2, or 50 percent.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos