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complement

[kom-pluh-muhnt, kom-pluh-ment] / ˈkɒm plə mənt, ˈkɒm pləˌmɛnt /




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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 is a group of proteins in the immune system that recognize and neutralize bacteria and viruses, including nanoparticles which are foreign to the body.

From Science Daily • Oct. 5, 2023

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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