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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

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

The complementary skills of the new foursome have similarities to the legendary seamers of 21 years ago: Stephen Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Simon Jones and Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

We suspected that we had not made this error, but our judgment conceivably might be biased by the biological advantages of complementary DNA molecules.

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

The great difficulty lies in discovering the conditions governing these groups of numbers, the pairing of the complementaries in the squares of four and the formation of the diagonals.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

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

This symbolism is obvious when we take into our consciousness the truth that only complementaries have the power to act and react, without change, or loss.

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




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