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subordinate

[suh-bawr-dn-it, suh-bawr-dn-ayt] / səˈbɔr dn ɪt, səˈbɔr dnˌeɪt /




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Huang resigned as CEO on Thursday morning, following reports that he also had an affair with a subordinate at Nvidia, a company that has a crucial role in the booming artificial-intelligence industry.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

What true artist would subordinate himself to accuracy?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Because the down payment loans would be subordinate to a primary mortgage, bond buyers would likely charge a yield premium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Mr. De los Santos’s dense text, which alternates between Spanish and English, is constructed to convey a lot of information, which often leaves Mr. Sosa’s pleasantly tonal score in a subordinate position.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Individual's interest is subordinate to the organization’s interest.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

This so riled the Cuban foreign minister and his subordinates that they marched all the way to the stage to shout and harangue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

By late June, several Krasner subordinates drafted a letter handing off the case to the attorney general’s office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Wasn’t it true, a juror asked, that he had taken to delegating tasks to subordinates in recent years?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Its Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, which includes Iran, shed scores of career officials last year, many of them replaced by greener subordinates or political appointees.

From Slate ● May 1, 2026

But he cannot escape the dynamic dictated to him by his culture in which subordinates must respect the dictates of their superiors.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

A press release from EFG refers to "approximately 232.6 million euros of subordinated debt".

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Find insight on subordinated bonds, Belfius Bank, Visa and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

But this pivotal friendship is subordinated to the group dynamic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

In his post on X, he said that "the fight against drugs must be subordinated to the human rights of the Caribbean people".

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

If Washington was the epitome of the virtuous leader who subordinated personal interest to the public good, Burr was a kind of anti-Washington, who manipulated the public interest for his own inscrutable purposes.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“We are going to collaborate .. but without subordinating ourselves,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024

He prioritized camaraderie with league officials to burnish his résumé, subordinating WSU’s interests.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

Foti did not respond when asked about Gosar's pattern of subordinating congressional rules to his religion.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023

Subordinate clauses begin with a subordinating word or phrase such as although, because, even if, when, whenever, since, as though, whether, as long as, until, or while.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

He was therefore well practiced in subordinating his own inclinations and style to Washington’s larger purposes.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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