Example Sentences

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Young tech companies once might have complemented lower salaries with generous equity packages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

His composure and workrate in particular have complemented captain Marquinhos more effectively than the more experienced centre-backs PSG have signed over the past few years.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

Sunnyside police have complemented this with risk-based policing, a strategy focusing on locations rather than people.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2022

Since Scott Brooks became head coach before last season, the two have complemented each other as well as ever.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2017

It was the sort of nose which should have complemented a mouth formed for spontaneous laughter.

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway