How to Use supplementary in a Sentence

supplementary

adjective
  • Messinger would be a supplementary piece to push the deal over the top.
    — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • They are best viewed as a supplementary tool in a broader skin care routine.
    — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2025
  • There is a wood stove in one corner to add some supplementary heating.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Such supplementary charges are not included in the cruise fare.
    — USA TODAY, 9 May 2017
  • But for those like Lapre, these services aren’t just supplementary.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
  • It’s been around for more than a year, but a supplementary fix to the original one was needed.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Some fruits can be great supplementary snacks for dogs, but others can be very dangerous.
    — Abigail Beck, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024
  • Beyond that, the team has retained its supplementary talent and added more for the present push.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Those payments were supplementary to his salary, which was not listed in the filings.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The line included supplementary books about the dolls’ lives.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
  • This makes for great supplementary income as a side hustle while working full-time, or in between jobs.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The third choice is what Cameron calls supplementary performance gauges.
    — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 5 July 2017
  • The money could fund a year’s supply of supplementary feeding on one island.
    — Claire Voon, Smithsonian, 13 Apr. 2017
  • And his supplementary and third-down skills have stood out, two days into his time in Denver’s building.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
  • The difference is the game was supplementary players that were not starred on the scouting report.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 2 Feb. 2023
  • What’s clear from the leaks is the extent of the duke’s anger at being a supplementary heir and being put behind his brother.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The only thing not included is the supplementary airfare to fly to the island.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Town & Country, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Digital is now at the center of learning and in-person is supplementary.
    — Gary Drenik, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Forecasters have exhausted their annual list of names for the past two years and had to use supplementary lists.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 May 2022
  • And just like any of the other diets, some of the animals get supplementary nutrition with their food.
    — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 26 May 2022
  • Rather, they should be used as a supplementary tool for enhancing social time between the parrots and their owners.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
  • One boy wrote about how, as a third grader, he had been enrolled in a supplementary math program that had six hundred applicants.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
  • Each disc contained a trip’s mileage on the edge of the disc, with each tick mark symbolizing one mile, and supplementary tick marks for every fifth of a mile.
    — Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Full Focusers who pair the planner with supplementary courses and events could spend thousands on the framework each year.
    — Emily Baumgaertner, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2020
  • State lawmakers have set up potential supplementary funding from a car rental fee and oil and gas companies.
    — Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
  • If the wealth of variants and supplementary material feels welcome after a two-decade drought, though, the word trove might feel more suitable.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Takaichi's government must compile a supplementary budget and gain approval by the parliament by the end of this year to fund the package.
    — Arkansas Online, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Watkins has sharp instincts in front of goal, but his all-round game would get the best out of Arsenal’s supplementary attacking talent.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • This year, Gronkowski has been able to stay relatively healthy, so Bennett will be asked to take a supplementary role.
    — Ryan Wooden, ajc, 10 Nov. 2017
  • This tower unit from Lasko does double duty, serving as a fan in the summer and a supplementary heater during the cold winter months.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2022

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