complementary
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Experimental physicists subsequently tested these predictions using several complementary methods.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
"Every method has its advantages and disadvantages, and we believe in a complementary implementation in the future," Kueppers said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Singapore has long been promoting the Riau Islands, which includes Batam, and the Malaysian state of Johor as "complementary" regions.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“I believe that all great American cities are anchored by great universities and Carnegie Mellon will bring a great university here to Miami complementary to other universities here in the region,” Griffin said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Mrs. Olinski gave one of her good answers: her "complementary skills" response, dressing it up to say that the team's talents blended like a chorus, making one sound out of many voices.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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But just as much as complementaries, van Gogh loved using colors that are adjacent on the color wheel.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2019
This novel about young Ged’s education in both magic and self-understanding relies throughout on Taoist notions of complementaries — the balance between light and dark, speech and silence, self and shadow.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2016
Greenish-yellow and blue are a pair of complementaries, as already mentioned.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
In a similar way, light and dark tints act as complementaries.
From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by William Henry Pyle
The answer is that the union is one of complementaries, and not of antitheses.
From Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex by Alexander J. (Alexander James) McIvor-Tyndall
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