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complementary

[kom-pluh-men-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˌkɒm pləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri /


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CRH said Monday that Arcosa’s operations are highly complementary to its own, and that the deal will advance its strategy to build an aggregates-led portfolio aligned with growing infrastructure megatrends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Wayne Rooney was highly complementary of the teenager - the comparisons to Lionel Messi inevitable.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

Rather than viewing medications, procedures, and surgery as separate strategies, experts see them as complementary tools that can be tailored to individual patients.

From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026

“Each company will be better positioned to grow within a focused portfolio of complementary businesses.”

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

They made a perfectly complementary pair, Thorne a skillful salesman who hawked the securities transactions contrived by the introverted Alfred.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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