complement
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Complement U.S. equity bias with international opportunities: While U.S. fiscal policy is driving economic growth and the U.S. stock market, global equity markets are becoming more competitive.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026
Complement proteins in blood, although known to be capable of causing direct damage to bacterial cells, have been thought to typically work in partnership with antibodies in a specific immune response.
From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024
Complement these readings with Gordon-Reed’s contemporary assessment of her work and how the story fits into the current national narratives on race in this New York Times essay by the Harvard historian.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2020
The formal basis for NATO-Ukraine relations is the 1997 Charter on a Distinctive Partnership, which established the NATO-Ukraine Commission, and the Declaration to Complement the Charter, signed in 2009.
From Forbes • Sep. 3, 2014
Complement is switched on at the right point in its sequence to release chemotactic signals, calling in leukocytes from everywhere.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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