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supplement

[suhp-luh-muhnt, suhp-luh-ment] / ˈsʌp lə mənt, ˈsʌp ləˌmɛnt /




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Doctors don't routinely offer blood tests to check for vitamin D deficiency, but will offer a supplement if a patient is concerned they might be high risk.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The new research raises the possibility that a simple dietary supplement could provide another way to manage symptoms.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

The few hundred dollars a month credited to a card she could use at supermarkets allowed her to supplement her modest retirement funds and keep her family afloat.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

“I think of the I-bonds as a supplement to Social Security. That’s real income.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

But no peoples still live as hunter-gatherers in the New Guinea highlands; all modern highlanders are instead farmers who use wild foods only to supplement their diets.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

I’ll take my supplements and I’ll pull up the shade on my terrace and watch the sunrise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Taking iron supplements without a diagnosis can be harmful, while self-treating could delay the investigation of an underlying problem.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

He said the French plan “doesn’t replace anything. It supplements the nuclear guarantees that were already there” from the U.S. nuclear umbrella.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Before evaluating whether the supplements improved brain health, researchers needed to answer a fundamental question: Were the omega-3 fatty acids actually reaching the brain?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Newspapers could now print illustrations cheaply and well, and they all ran illustrated supplements on the theft.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

When researchers supplemented the animals' diets with LPC70, several of these effects were reduced.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Over the years, my mother and I have supplemented his income.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Voting-rights groups supplemented a parallel suit to challenge the rule as well.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

Robust U.S. domestic crude production, supplemented by imports from Canada, Venezuela and elsewhere, has provided American refiners with sufficient feedstock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

On the one hand, there was perspective painting, grounded in geometrical abstraction; on the other, the printing of engraved plates, supplemented by text produced on a printing press.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In January, Boeing unveiled a new MAX production line in Everett, Washington, supplementing output for a plane that had previously been assembled exclusively in Renton, Washington.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Ruby says North Dakota exceeds the national standard on some benefits, such as supplementing Social Security checks for workers whose injuries prevent them from contributing payroll taxes to that system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

The ratio was changed a bit—ground ops were supplementing the air war, not the other way around; but still the ground ops were necessary.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

Rather than replacing existing recommendations, Dr. Macdonald suggests supplementing them with guidance focused on what he calls "optimal health outcomes."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

The Bible has much to teach, yet professors must use it judiciously, supplementing it with other sources, when they teach ancient Middle Eastern history.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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