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supplementary

[suhp-luh-men-tuh-ree] / ˌsʌp ləˈmɛn tə ri /


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When we offer supplementary food, such as seeds or meat scraps, this attracts birds of many different species in a combination and number that would not happen in nature.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

Not a hard left turn, but a supplementary detail to take with us in the end.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

Jones told BBC Politics Wales that more information would be forthcoming over the next few weeks before a supplementary budget is published on 23 June.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

The company’s supplementary tax payment accounts for around 28% of Nomura’s estimated net profit attributable to shareholders for fiscal year 2026, they point out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

This setback had not put a damper on his Himalayan career, however: he’d gone on to climb K2, Lhotse, Cho Oyu, Ama Dablam, and, in 1993, Everest without supplementary oxygen.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

The storm of "supplementaries" showed no sign of abating, until the SPEAKER, who rarely fails to find the appropriate phrase, remarked upon "This thirst for information," and so dissolved the House in laughter.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 11, 1917 by Various

While he fretted his still pounding head, Bill rode the round-up of registers, supplementaries and totals.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by J. P. Buschlen

There were other garments and supplementaries, all treated in the same way.

From A Woman-Hater by Charles Reade

A long question to the Board of Trade, on the subject of horse-hides, followed by a series of supplementaries delivered with his customary emphasis, showed that he is not yet resigned to his muzzle.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917 by Various

To-day the lot fell upon Mr. BECK, who good-temperedly explained, when a shower of "supplementaries" rained down upon him, that he really knew nothing about the Department he was temporarily representing.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 28, 1917 by Various




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