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complementary

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


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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

Speaking to reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival, Carney denied Canada was seeking formal membership, saying: "We share the same values. We have the same priorities, and we have very complementary strengths."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Two complementary bills approved Monday ensure homes that survive a wildfire but are contaminated by the onslaught of smoke are properly remediated before residents move back in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Always pairing adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine meant that the base sequences of the two intertwined chains were complementary to each other.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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

Harmony in colour may be said to consist—apart from the general acknowledgment of the law of complementaries, in giving quality to the raw pigments by gradation, by a certain admixture or infusion of other colours.

From Line and Form (1900) by Walter Crane

If this colour is deep, it gives rise to a luminous complementary, such as orange, or yellow, and enfeebles the black; while the other complementaries, such as violet or green, strengthen and purify it.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter

Cosmic reaction has set in, and union between complementaries is the result.

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




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