supplementary
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“I’ve been training a little bit more, doing just supplementary things to be able to make sure that I’m in a good place,” Ohtani said after returning to the lineup Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Combined, the fiscal 2025 supplementary budget and this year’s regular spending came to about ¥141 trillion, meaning that the ministries’ requests represent an increase of about ¥2.5 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
When we offer supplementary food, such as seeds or meat scraps, this attracts birds of many different species in a combination and number that would not happen in nature.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Plaid says it was new funding and will be part of its first supplementary budget, expected to be published on 23 June.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
The nets were designed to leach condensation out of the cool night air, and were an important supplementary source of water in the Elmuthaleth.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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While he fretted his still pounding head, Bill rode the round-up of registers, supplementaries and totals.
From A Canadian Bankclerk by J. P. Buschlen
The storm of "supplementaries" showed no sign of abating, until the SPEAKER, who rarely fails to find the appropriate phrase, remarked upon "This thirst for information," and so dissolved the House in laughter.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 11, 1917 by Various
There were other garments and supplementaries, all treated in the same way.
From A Woman-Hater by Charles Reade
To-day the lot fell upon Mr. BECK, who good-temperedly explained, when a shower of "supplementaries" rained down upon him, that he really knew nothing about the Department he was temporarily representing.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 28, 1917 by Various
At once a storm of "supplementaries" broke forth.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 18, 1917 by Various
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