complementary
Example Sentences
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Rather than a tunnel through space, it can be understood as two complementary components of a quantum state.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
“Each company will be better positioned to grow within a focused portfolio of complementary businesses.”
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Then there are their complementary economies: Russia as a major exporter of oil, gas and other raw materials, and China's industrial economy providing a vast market for them.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The two companies are complementary in terms of geography, with Jasa Armada Indonesia in west Indonesia and Pelindo Marine Service across central-eastern Indonesia, which limits overlap.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
She’d gotten pretty fast at addition problems using the complementary numbers, but her fingers still didn’t fly like the fingers of the other kids.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Vocabulary lists containing complementary
The Hidden Oracle
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The Night Circus
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