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supplement

[suhp-luh-muhnt, suhp-luh-ment] / ˈsʌp lə mənt, ˈsʌp ləˌmɛnt /




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With that in mind they are not expected to sign a third left-back to supplement their squad.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

“If they are able to surpass, for example, Algebra 1 or wherever they are, we are able to supplement the curriculum, challenging them constantly.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

In this way, very high doses of vitamin C behave less like a daily supplement and more like a weak, selective chemotherapy drug.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

The curfew would supplement a social media ban on under-16s announced by Starmer in June, covering sites including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

When the food ration is reduced, we supplement it by buying food from the Thai market at the edge of the camp.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Some cosmetics, medicines and supplements contain gelatin, animal fats, alcohol or other ingredients whose origins matter to observant consumers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Her Anima Mundi Herbals is based in Brooklyn, N.Y., where the company manufactures herbal tinctures, elixirs, teas, herbal supplements and other botanicals.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

On a recent weekday, about two dozen foreign attendees worked on laptops in the Network School’s cafe, which sold health supplements including creatine and collagen peptides.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Despite claiming the supplements were manufactured in the US, they were actually imported from China, India and several other countries.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Both sets of ideas passed into the public imagination through Sunday supplements and science fiction.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Portland supplemented the federal construction money with local dollars, creating incentives that were hard to turn down.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

The story isn’t the strong suit of “Hell’s Kitchen,” which is powered by Alicia Keys’ versatile catalog, which has been supplemented with original material.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

Leone Hadavi, a senior investigator and weapons expert for the Centre for Information Resilience, said these commercial parts are also supplemented with components made using 3D printers.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Its sales are now supplemented by mNexspike, a next-generation vaccine designed for the current respiratory virus season.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

He supplemented his soup and rice with canned C rations he’d brought with him: familiar American food like beans and franks, even if he had to eat it cold from the can.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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

Triple-feeding aims to increase production by breastfeeding the baby, followed by supplementing - usually by bottle - with expressed milk or formula, before pumping for 15 minutes.

From BBC Jun. 15, 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

Meanwhile masons and carpenters were at work building a large and stately new boathouse, Haus West, just east of the permanent grandstands, supplementing two large existing boathouses, Haus Mitte and Haus Ost.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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