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supplement

[suhp-luh-muhnt, suhp-luh-ment] / ˈsʌp lə mənt, ˈsʌp ləˌmɛnt /




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The Ojai will supplement Waymo’s fleet of Jaguar I-Paces, the company said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

“Medicare supplement plans typically come with a $50,000 limit on lifetime coverage overseas,” said Whitney Stidom, vice president of consumer enablement at eHealth, an insurance marketplace.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

Oliver took odd jobs around town to supplement her income, including for Norman Mailer—according to the film, she typed “The Executioner’s Song,” his Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of 1979.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Depending on the specific test, scores increased by between 12.6% and 14.6% among participants who believed they were taking a real supplement, while those who knowingly took a placebo improved by between 6.9% and 21.5%.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

She worked at Bayview Medical Center as a unit secretary in order to supplement the grant that was helping her pay for school.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Then she tried Johnson’s antiaging “protocol,” eating just 1,700 calories a day and taking 60 supplements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Nowadays, more than 30,000 people attend their festival every year, held in London and Birmingham, with exhibitors selling organic food, crystals, homemade products and supplements.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Jimenez, the mother of twin girls, says she makes herself feel better by drinking herbal teas and taking herbal liquid supplements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Kyle Gordy does not drink alcohol or smoke, takes 30 supplements a day, eats only organic food and drinks nothing but filtered water.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Bookshelves lined the far wall, filled with role-playing game supplements and back issues of Dragon magazine.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Portland supplemented the federal construction money with local dollars, creating incentives that were hard to turn down.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

The wall will be supplemented by electronic surveillance and other devices, which would be installed by "about July, maybe at the latest August 2028," Scott said.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

Troha then gave another group of mice chow supplemented with methionine.

From Science Daily Jun. 1, 2026

An internal sprinkler system supplemented by unmanned ground sprinklers helped stabilize temperatures around 90 degrees, division chief and hazardous materials program manager Nick Freeman said.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

A massive orchestra—the Berlin Philharmonic merged with the national orchestra and supplemented by half a dozen military bands-—launched into Wagner’s Huldigungsmarsch, the March of Homage.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Culhane recommends faster approval of SSI benefits and supplementing that income with additional sources of rental assistance.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Triple-feeding aims to increase production by breastfeeding the baby, followed by supplementing - usually by bottle - with expressed milk or formula, before pumping for 15 minutes.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

They brought state, national and international news, supplementing our own Scripps-Howard services.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 8, 2026

“As the portfolio refreshes, that capital will start earning the current interest rate, and that is supplementing their growth,” Nygren says.

From MarketWatch Feb. 5, 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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