supplement
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The report called for them to supplement, rather than replace, government support for those struggling to put good food on the table.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Although D-serine is also available as a dietary supplement, consuming ordinary serine-rich foods is not equivalent to taking the form used in the experiments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The Lakers signed the 27-year-old guard for extra scoring punch and have missed him as a third ballhandling option to supplement Doncic and Austin Reaves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Millions of older Americans work to supplement their retirement income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
In 1948 a new chemical, chlor- dane, was tried as a supplement to DDT.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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If you’re at risk for osteoporosis or bone issues, you can also opt to take calcium and vitamin D supplements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Amid the 2026 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, videos of a doctor recommending Vitamin D3 and zinc spread from accounts selling supplements, despite these being unable to treat the disease.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
There were problems with spending on suspicious health supplements.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Reduced TET enzyme activity is a common feature in some blood cancers, prompting researchers to investigate whether vitamin C supplements might benefit people at risk of developing these diseases.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
For 2,000 years those founder crops served only as minor dietary supplements while eastern U.S.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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For 10 years he’s covered the gap himself, supplemented by donations and buoyed by a 2025 segment on CBS 8 San Diego that brought in $12,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Over the years, my mother and I have supplemented his income.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Over the years, my mother and I have supplemented his income.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Voting-rights groups supplemented a parallel suit to challenge the rule as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
The gym instructor was a short, chunky man in his early thirties who taught in the mornings in a nearby public high school and supplemented his income by teaching in our yeshiva during the afternoons.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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Even more surprisingly, supplementing the animals with a naturally occurring amino acid improved their learning and memory in only three weeks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The ratio was changed a bit—ground ops were supplementing the air war, not the other way around; but still the ground ops were necessary.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Culhane recommends faster approval of SSI benefits and supplementing that income with additional sources of rental assistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Proponents said it can elevate instruction, narrow the digital divide, help pupils with language barriers and other needs—while often supplementing, not replacing, core curriculum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Meanwhile masons and carpenters were at work building a large and stately new boathouse, Haus West, just east of the permanent grandstands, supplementing two large existing boathouses, Haus Mitte and Haus Ost.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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