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supplementary

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


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Meanwhile, fiscal expansion efforts in Japan such as public-private investment and supplementary budgets are poised to build simultaneously, two analysts of JPMorgan’s Global Markets Strategy say in a research report.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 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 Japanese government is considering a supplementary budget to help ease households’ living costs.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Have the students who failed the exam take the supplementary.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

From A Woman-Hater by Charles Reade

At once a storm of "supplementaries" broke forth.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 18, 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

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

Cluster on printed Paper indefinitely extended by supplementaries.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914 by Various




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