complementary
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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
My sense is that spouses often have shared interests and complementary skills, which can make for a great business partnership.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
In reality, the two are complementary: Quantum systems are expected to act as powerful supplements, tackling problems that would otherwise take prohibitive time, energy, or processing power to solve.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
As I wrote, for some reason or other, one image, symbol, character, scene, mood, feeling evoked its opposite, its parallel, its complementary, and its ironic counterpart.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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