complementary
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Neutron and X-ray imaging provide researchers with complementary ways to see inside materials.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Wilkinson said the two parties were looking at areas "where we have complementary capabilities and needs" and that are "strategically important" to "ensure our sovereignty", such as energy, artificial intelligence and critical minerals.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Other incentives locations offer potential new residents are complementary cinema tickets, restaurant vouchers, and even free bottles of wine.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
In light of the migraine-study results, Ipsen could look for complementary deals, using Dysport as an anchor product around which to build a franchise, Loew said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
To Watson and Crick, the double-helix model of DNA—with two complementary “yin-yang” strands counterposed against each other—instantly suggested a mechanism for replication.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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
It has been traditional to consider the complementaries black-white, red-green, blue-yellow, and the other pairs resulting from the mixtures of these as the best combinations.
From The Psychology of Beauty by Ethel Dench Puffer Howes
This symbolism is obvious when we take into our consciousness the truth that only complementaries have the power to act and react, without change, or loss.
From Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex by Alexander J. (Alexander James) McIvor-Tyndall
But yellow and purple are not the only complementaries.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
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