supplemental
adjective
sup·ple·men·tal
ˌsə-plə-ˈmen-tᵊl 
1
: serving to supplement
2
: nonscheduled
a supplemental airline
supplemental
noun
Synonyms
Examples of supplemental in a Sentence
She receives a supplemental income every month from the government.
the new program will provide supplemental health insurance to thousands of workers
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Mubi is also available as a supplemental streaming channel on Prime Video for $10.99 per month.
—
Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
That fee can be submitted via the link to Allure Best of Beauty 2025 supplemental product submission payment.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
One reason: New Haitian immigrants must wait six to eight weeks to get into a program that provides supplemental food for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, or non-breastfeeding postpartum women, as well as for children and infants.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
Driving the news: For now, Congress will likely need to pass a supplemental funding package to deal with hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Priority one after a disaster is drawing from FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund, which the agency believes will need more money this year.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
That fee can be submitted via the link to Allure Best of Beauty 2025 supplemental product submission payment.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
One reason: New Haitian immigrants must wait six to eight weeks to get into a program that provides supplemental food for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, or non-breastfeeding postpartum women, as well as for children and infants.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
Driving the news: For now, Congress will likely need to pass a supplemental funding package to deal with hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Priority one after a disaster is drawing from FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund, which the agency believes will need more money this year.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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supplemental
adjective
sup·ple·men·tal
ˌsəp-lə-ˈment-ᵊl
: serving to supplement : supplementary
Legal Definition
supplemental
adjective
sup·ple·men·tal
ˌsə-plə-ˈment-ᵊl
: serving to complete or make an addition
supplemental appropriations
specifically
: of, relating to, or being a supplemental pleading
supplemental
noun
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