complementary
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The two companies are complementary in terms of geography, with Jasa Armada Indonesia in west Indonesia and Pelindo Marine Service across central-eastern Indonesia, which limits overlap.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
"This industry-revitalising transaction brings together two exceptional global businesses with highly complementary geographic footprints and innovation platforms," the joint statement said.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
To extract this information, the researchers proposed three complementary measurement techniques within a single framework.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
“It’s relaxing and complementary to a doctor’s dry eye treatments — like medicated drops or in-office treatments — but it’s not a simple fix or cure all,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
The damaged copy of a gene is reconstructed using the complementary strand, or the second copy of the gene, as its guide.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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