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supplementary

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


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“I’ve been training a little bit more, doing just supplementary things to be able to make sure that I’m in a good place,” Ohtani said after returning to the lineup Monday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Combined, the fiscal 2025 supplementary budget and this year’s regular spending came to about ¥141 trillion, meaning that the ministries’ requests represent an increase of about ¥2.5 trillion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

Richards said: "They don't need to be fed. A lot of people are thinking: 'It's bone dry out there, everything is brown', but the deer don't need supplementary feeding here at Richmond Park."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The nets were designed to leach condensation out of the cool night air, and were an important supplementary source of water in the Elmuthaleth.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

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

From A Woman-Hater by Charles Reade

Cluster on printed Paper indefinitely extended by supplementaries.

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

At once a storm of "supplementaries" broke forth.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 18, 1917 by Various




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