complement
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"The gene-therapy approach in this study is a new avenue that can complement and potentially augment what will surely be a multi-disciplinary solution to one day regenerate human limbs."
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
The US mission is "not of the same nature as the one we established... it comes as a sort of complement", Barrot said on a visit to the Gulf.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
Numerous technical and cost hurdles have made it challenging to develop orbital solar-power systems to compete with or complement traditional energy sources.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Delegates say this new meeting in Colombia is not to replace the COP, but to complement it.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The undiminished zoo of particles presses on the outside of the plates, and without the full complement on the inside, the plates are crushed together, even in the deepest vacuum.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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