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supplement

[suhp-luh-muhnt, suhp-luh-ment] / ˈsʌp lə mənt, ˈsʌp ləˌmɛnt /




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To supplement the humans’ work and reduce costs, AI engineers can prompt an AI “teacher model” to give answers to questions and explain its answers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

To replace it, there’s Social Security — but most people supplement that from their own pockets.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Paxton’s pivot to real estate appears to be a way to supplement his salary as attorney general.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

Chen said that the company’s robots will supplement human manpower, not replace it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

We were soon able to supplement these papers with copies of the Star, the Rand Daily Mail, and the Sunday Times, but these papers were even more heavily censored.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In the longer term, rapid AI analysis of online patient conversations could potentially become an early detection system for emerging health concerns involving drugs, supplements and wellness products.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

"There's been a lot of interest in using antioxidant supplements for air pollution in general," she said.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

The Gambia supplements its own generation with imported electricity, including supplies from Guinea and neighbouring Senegal.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The portfolio of seven brands being sold includes Nature’s Bounty and Sisu supplements, Nestle said Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Even of these several hundred crops, most provide minor supplements to our diet and would not by themselves have sufficed to support the rise of civilizations.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

“Over the years, my mother and I have supplemented his income.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Over the years, my mother and I have supplemented his income.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

Voting-rights groups supplemented a parallel suit to challenge the rule as well.

From Slate Aug. 31, 2026

"If you look at what our adversaries are building, they're also building significantly large platforms - aircraft, ships, submarines. And they're supplemented by some of these unmanned capabilities."

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The addition of the ion was critical: with the solution supplemented with magnesium, the ribosome remained glued together, and Brenner and Jacob finally purified a minuscule amount of the messenger molecule out of bacterial cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The ratio was changed a bit—ground ops were supplementing the air war, not the other way around; but still the ground ops were necessary.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

Culhane recommends faster approval of SSI benefits and supplementing that income with additional sources of rental assistance.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Proponents said it can elevate instruction, narrow the digital divide, help pupils with language barriers and other needs—while often supplementing, not replacing, core curriculum.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

Scientists still do not know whether boosting Menin or supplementing with D-serine could safely slow aging or improve cognition in people.

From Science Daily May 24, 2026

It was also becoming apparent that the possibility of supplementing their food rations with game, such as the tapir, looked bleak.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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