supplement
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To replace it, there’s Social Security — but most people supplement that from their own pockets.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Treasury says the armed forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, use dedicated companies and shadow-fleet networks to sell crude and supplement their budgets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Tyrosine is widely sold as a dietary supplement and is often promoted for improving focus, alertness, and mental performance.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Paxton’s pivot to real estate appears to be a way to supplement his salary as attorney general.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
With the help of hired hands, Garfield grew crops and raised animals to supplement the income from his government position and law practice.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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"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 result is a near-real-time system that supplements the water allocation methods already used by the Elephant Butte Irrigation District.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Nestle will sell its mainstream vitamins, supplements and minerals business to Yellow Wood Partners, the latest move to tighten its portfolio and focus on core categories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
I wanted to scream at her that this wasn’t the time for taking supplements!
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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“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
Steam did not overtake water and wind as a source of power until after 1830; in Swift’s Laputa, as in eighteenth-century England, steam power did not replace water power but supplemented it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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
Triple-feeding aims to increase production by breastfeeding the baby, followed by supplementing - usually by bottle - with expressed milk or formula, before pumping for 15 minutes.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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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