Example Sentences

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“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

Las Virgenes is supplementing its reduced supplies from the Metropolitan Water District with water from the Las Virgenes reservoir at a rate of about 17 acre-feet per day, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2022

And the national campaign committee is supplementing the air attacks with a ground game that includes alerting voters about five “ghost candidates” who remain on the 16-person ballot.

From New York Times • May 26, 2018

A National Weather Service spokesman said the agency is actively working to fill vacancies and in the meantime is supplementing staffing with temporary assignments.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2017

The Red Cross Institute for the Blind is on the same grounds as the Hospital School, and is supplementing the work of the government in a most able manner.

From Five Lectures on Blindness by Foley, Kate M.