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  • verb Present participle of supplement.

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Examples

  • I had to begin supplementing with formula a few days out of the hospital because she came a little early and was losing too much weight while waiting for my milk to come in.

    Breast vs. bottle and mommy judgmentalism 2009

  • Just an hour east of Yellowstone's East Entrance, and a few minutes from the town of Cody and its fabulous Buffalo Bill Historical Center, the interpretive learning center promises to be a prime attraction for tourists interested in supplementing their summer vacations with a trip back to a thought-provoking and disturbing moment in American history. posted by Eric 5: 09 PM |

    IsThatLegal? 2003

  • One other general feature must be named – the advance in supplementing by education the deficiency in the usual five senses.

    Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 1894

  • It was something of that feeling which led me to the idea of supplementing the large and learned works of Muston, Monastier, Gilly, and others, by a pocket volume, so small that the tourist might not feel it an incumbrance, and yet so comprehensive, that those who have not the leisure for larger works, might obtain useful knowledge of the Waldenses.

    The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys

  • Farmers across the country, but especially in the south-west of England, are becoming more interested in the idea of supplementing their income through solar power.

    The Guardian World News Steven Morris 2010

  • Farmers across the country, but especially in the south-west of England, are becoming more interested in the idea of supplementing their income through solar power.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • To offset the disconnect, we regularly discuss the idea of supplementing a long-term investment strategy with small, short horizon stock purchases to enable profit taking when the share price periodically increases in reaction to a milestone success.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2009

  • To offset the disconnect, we regularly discuss the idea of supplementing a long-term investment strategy with small, short horizon stock purchases to enable profit taking when the share price periodically increases in reaction to a milestone success.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • To offset the disconnect, we regularly discuss the idea of supplementing a long-term investment strategy with small, short horizon stock purchases to enable profit taking when the share price periodically increases in reaction to a milestone success.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2009

  • Still, the Weather Channel flirted with bankruptcy until Batten and Wynne hit on the idea of supplementing the traditional advertising model with subscriber fees from the cable companies.

    Inc.com 2009

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