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complementary

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


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City and county cultural affairs officials presented complementary efforts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

"Together, these complementary observations allow us to test competing models of the first stars in ways that weren't previously possible."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Ukrainians also use Delta and complementary applications to improve situational awareness and protect their own troops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

Hence, the complementary probability that at least one of these 253 people was bom on March 19 is also V2, or 50 percent.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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

For harmony, as well as for richness, the law of complementaries, in its most general application, is the safest of all guides, but it must be followed with fine discrimination.

From Architecture and Democracy by Claude Fayette Bragdon

The complementaries of red and violet are exceedingly trying to most complexions, and orange and orange-yellow are fatiguing to the eye.

From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Joseph Triemens

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


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