complementary
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They select complementary textual threads from vast data warehouses and weave them together to create tapestries of prose.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
"That and its complementary current, the Humboldt current, the cold-water current, have been a subject of a lot of examination over the years," he adds.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
He believes his interviews, which focus more on the guest's personal life, are "complementary" to those offered by major media outlets.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Rather than a tunnel through space, it can be understood as two complementary components of a quantum state.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Picasso was probably aware of the theory that red and green are complementary colors which intensify each other.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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