supplementary
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It was the first time a Welsh government has lost a vote on a supplementary budget - which is in addition to the main budget exercise that happens in the autumn.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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
He later climbed the peaks again, this time without supplementary oxygen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Not a hard left turn, but a supplementary detail to take with us in the end.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Have the students who failed the exam take the supplementary.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Cluster on printed Paper indefinitely extended by supplementaries.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914 by Various
A long question to the Board of Trade, on the subject of horse-hides, followed by a series of supplementaries delivered with his customary emphasis, showed that he is not yet resigned to his muzzle.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917 by Various
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
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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