subordinate
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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
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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
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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
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“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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