complementary

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Anne Marie, a beauty and complementary therapist with her own successful business, was at a pub in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, with her cousins on the night of the incident.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The neural network is trained using two complementary diffraction images, one captured with a vertical polarizer and one without.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

This coordinated approach reflects elected officials’ determination to address anticompetitive practices while also pursuing complementary housing policies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Over four seasons at Purdue, Smith has transformed from a complementary player whose job was to set up the Boilermakers’ big men to an All-American who will leave as one of college basketball’s all-time playmakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Griffith, however, did not go along, since for some months he had preferred a scheme where gene copying was based upon the alternative formation of complementary surfaces.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson