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supplementary

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


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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

He later climbed the peaks again, this time without supplementary oxygen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Plaid says it was new funding and will be part of its first supplementary budget, expected to be published on 23 June.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Not a hard left turn, but a supplementary detail to take with us in the end.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

Have the students who failed the exam take the supplementary.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

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

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

Cluster on printed Paper indefinitely extended by supplementaries.

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

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

From A Woman-Hater by Charles Reade




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