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complimentary

[kom-pluh-men-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˌkɒm pləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri /




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"People are very complimentary and very thankful," Riley said.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The hotel has two complimentary chargers in a parking lot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The complimentary appetizer that was once cheap enough to disappear into the cost of doing business becomes expensive enough to notice.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Caruso was complimentary of the mayor’s leadership at the groundbreaking for the new center, which will replace one destroyed in the 2025 Palisades fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

As you may know, complimentary remarks of this type are all too often made by well-meaning adults to children who are, to be frank, perfectly ordinary- looking.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

Why, if I had an interest in your show I could fill your place with complimentaries 30 to the real people of Seaside Park.

From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Victor [pseud.] Appleton

No a dime, he says; but he showed me a bunch of complimentaries and laughed and said he’d sell them cheap.

From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Victor [pseud.] Appleton

When it became evident to Fuller that the venture was not going to pay, he sent out a flood of complimentaries to the school-teachers of New York City and the surrounding districts.

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) by Albert Bigelow Paine

Through some unaccountable oversight, they neglected to specially mark or punch these complimentaries.

From A Pirate of Parts by Richard Neville

Fuller, however, always ready for an emergency, sent out a flood of complimentaries to the school-teachers of New York and adjacent territory, and the house was crammed.

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1835-1866) by Albert Bigelow Paine


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