supplement
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The premiums vary, but the national average for a 65-year-old was recently $217 a month for a Medicare supplement, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Medical staff agreed to give Ann an intravenous supplement of vitamin B6, which appeared to stop her seizures.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The results raise a potentially important question about glucosamine use among people with cognitive impairment or dementia, but they do not yet establish that people should stop taking the supplement.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
With investors mostly on their own, the private sector is starting to step in to supplement those vital first lines of defense—common sense and education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“I’m taking this with me,” he said, and, opening his briefcase, dropped the supplement within.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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The 30-year-old, who lives in London and works in banking, started going to the gym at a time when he says protein supplements were mostly associated with bodybuilders.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Max Longman, 32, from Manchester, works in real estate and has been taking protein supplements for 10 years, originally to help him gain weight.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Taken together, the findings suggest that preventing falls and fractures in older adults may require more than simply adding calcium or vitamin D supplements to a daily routine.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
For calcium supplements, that conclusion was based on moderate certainty evidence from 11 trials involving 9,067 participants.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 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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"I like to think we have aided scouts and recruitment teams, supplemented them with the tools, data, information to be able to make more informed decisions on a more consistent basis."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
And so, when they ended up in front of miraculous testimonials of healing, often supplemented by A.I.-generated photos or videos, they took it seriously.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
“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
Freddie’s janitor duties at the department store were supplemented by his function as a messenger and package deliverer.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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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
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
But some experts suggest the solar-powered streetlights are best suited to supplementing large data centres, not replacing them: there will still be a need for their concentrated computing power and efficiencies of scale.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
The mighty dinos stood in military formation, each with additional armor supplementing its already fierce horned head shield and thick hide.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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