complement
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Delegates say this new meeting in Colombia is not to replace the COP, but to complement it.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
She suggests talking with a partner about what the day-to-day would look like for you as a newly unemployed person and how you would like your partner to complement that.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
The rule exception helps the Dodgers in one obvious way: They can utilize a six-man starting rotation while maintaining the full complement of eight relievers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
The pumpkin rice and peas, seasoned with thyme, from Dominica was a good complement to the Trinidadian curry shrimp, whose pot was licked clean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
These are the best that four billion years of evolution could produce, containing the full complement of information on how to make a cell, a tree or a human work.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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