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complementary

[kom-pluh-men-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˌkɒm pləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri /


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Experimental physicists subsequently tested these predictions using several complementary methods.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

City and county cultural affairs officials presented complementary efforts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Ukrainians also use Delta and complementary applications to improve situational awareness and protect their own troops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Wilkinson said the two parties were looking at areas "where we have complementary capabilities and needs" and that are "strategically important" to "ensure our sovereignty", such as energy, artificial intelligence and critical minerals.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Cancer may sometimes require the complementary action of two chemicals, one of which sensitizes the cell or tissue so that it may later, under the action of another or promoting agent, develop true malignancy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

But just as much as complementaries, van Gogh loved using colors that are adjacent on the color wheel.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2019

This novel about young Ged’s education in both magic and self-understanding relies throughout on Taoist notions of complementaries — the balance between light and dark, speech and silence, self and shadow.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2016

The answer is that the union is one of complementaries, and not of antitheses.

From Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex by Alexander J. (Alexander James) McIvor-Tyndall

The complementaries of red and violet are exceedingly trying to most complexions, and orange and orange-yellow are fatiguing to the eye.

From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Joseph Triemens

Everything in nature is manifested to us by means of light and its complementaries, reflection and shadow.

From The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art by Cicely Margaret Powell Binyon


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