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supplement

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




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The report called for them to supplement, rather than replace, government support for those struggling to put good food on the table.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Although D-serine is also available as a dietary supplement, consuming ordinary serine-rich foods is not equivalent to taking the form used in the experiments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Lakers signed the 27-year-old guard for extra scoring punch and have missed him as a third ballhandling option to supplement Doncic and Austin Reaves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

You have enough to keep you going, but you don’t have endless amounts to supplement two adults who see you as the next best thing to Western Union.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Scarlett was carrying a large picture book, and she sat next to her mother on the green bench near the gates, and she read her book while her mother inspected an educational supplement.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

I began to understand which customers might have a use for skin-tightening creams, fiber supplements and artificial tears.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Traditionally, vitamin D3 in supplements has often come from lanolin obtained from sheep's wool.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Amid the 2026 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, videos of a doctor recommending Vitamin D3 and zinc spread from accounts selling supplements, despite these being unable to treat the disease.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

There were problems with spending on suspicious health supplements.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

As Morrow spoke, he walked over to one of Aech’s bookshelves and began to browse through some vintage role-playing game supplements.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Over the years, my mother and I have supplemented his income.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Tesla has long promised a profitable robotaxi business, powered primarily by the Cybercab and supplemented by self-driving Tesla Model Y vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Voting-rights groups supplemented a parallel suit to challenge the rule as well.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

Robust U.S. domestic crude production, supplemented by imports from Canada, Venezuela and elsewhere, has provided American refiners with sufficient feedstock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Now that the trip was delayed by a minimum of several months, the ship’s stores had to be supplemented with fresh meat.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Even more surprisingly, supplementing the animals with a naturally occurring amino acid improved their learning and memory in only three weeks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Ruby says North Dakota exceeds the national standard on some benefits, such as supplementing Social Security checks for workers whose injuries prevent them from contributing payroll taxes to that system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

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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