complementary
Example Sentences
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GFL Chief Executive Patrick Dovigi said the Secure deal adds a complementary set of permitted processing and disposal facilities, strengthening the company’s Western Canada presence and broadening the waste-management services it can offer customers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Together, these discoveries suggest that nutrients from both plant and animal sources may work in complementary ways to support the immune system.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 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
This coordinated approach reflects elected officials’ determination to address anticompetitive practices while also pursuing complementary housing policies.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Always pairing adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine meant that the base sequences of the two intertwined chains were complementary to each other.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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