complimentary
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The complimentary appetizer that was once cheap enough to disappear into the cost of doing business becomes expensive enough to notice.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Caruso was complimentary of the mayor’s leadership at the groundbreaking for the new center, which will replace one destroyed in the 2025 Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
They "sincerely apologised" to the visitors affected, and said they would receive complimentary tickets as compensation.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The benefits, like annual hotel credits, TSA PreCheck and a complimentary DoorDash DashPass membership, sounded great, but my college lifestyle didn’t justify using them.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
He took up his complimentary notepad and wandered down to the rostrum.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
That, sir, he has to shew here; and confirmed under the hands of the most skilful and cunning complimentaries alive: Please you read, sir.
From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson
Fuller, however, always ready for an emergency, sent out a flood of complimentaries to the school-teachers of New York and adjacent territory, and the house was crammed.
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1835-1866) by Albert Bigelow Paine
When it became evident to Fuller that the venture was not going to pay, he sent out a flood of complimentaries to the school-teachers of New York City and the surrounding districts.
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) by Albert Bigelow Paine
Through some unaccountable oversight, they neglected to specially mark or punch these complimentaries.
From A Pirate of Parts by Richard Neville
No a dime, he says; but he showed me a bunch of complimentaries and laughed and said he’d sell them cheap.
From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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