complementary

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“It’s relaxing and complementary to a doctor’s dry eye treatments — like medicated drops or in-office treatments — but it’s not a simple fix or cure all,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

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

In a complementary strategy, the scientists engineered a modified version of the TSC2 protein that resists nitric oxide related modification.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

“Our values, combined with our complementary strengths, will ensure these tools are used with the same care and responsibility with which they were built,” Affleck said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Each strand is used to generate a complementary version of itself, resulting in one double helix that splits into two double helices.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee