complementary
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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
The team combined those measurements with a complementary study based on seismic recordings collected offshore from Vancouver Island to northern California in 2021.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
But that may make him complementary to United's other options rather than a direct alternative.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
In his short tenure as owner, the team said goodbye to LeBron James, gave Austin Reaves a long contract extension, traded for impact center Walker Kessler and signed several complementary players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The two eras were not so much in opposition as they were complementary developments, indicative of a single fact: Students at the new middle-class campus lacked deep appreciation of their social advantages.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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
Greenish-yellow and blue are a pair of complementaries, as already mentioned.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
Everything in nature is manifested to us by means of light and its complementaries, reflection and shadow.
From The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art by Cicely Margaret Powell Binyon
There are pairs of so-called complementaries which make a very crude, harsh, even painful impression.
From The Psychology of Beauty by Ethel Dench Puffer Howes
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