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On other matters, it can subordinate profit to the mission and stakeholder interests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Sales volumes recovered, but Nestlé fired Freixe in September 2025 after the company said an internal investigation found he had an undisclosed romantic relationship with a subordinate.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

He found the role hugely enjoyable, but strategising and giving commands to subordinate players in real time could be "more stressful than real life".

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

The military is subordinate to its civilian commander in chief, and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he has no direct command of battlefield forces.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2026

At a respectably subordinate distance behind Joseph came the women of Galilee, mixed in with a motley, perhaps gate-crashing crowd of mourners, spectators, children, and no less than three frisky, impious mongrels.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

The November 2024 indictment in New York accused the industrialist and multiple subordinates of deliberately misleading international investors as part of a vast bribery scheme.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

Holder, subordinates text and history to state prerogatives.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

“He’s not caring about whether or not his subordinates kiss his ass all the time,” said Rep. Adam Smith, the senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, who has met with Feinberg several times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Under this model, leaders give subordinates clear objectives but leave the tactical execution to their discretion.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026

Trueba was not one to encourage intimacy with his subordinates.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The iTraxx Europe Sub Financials index of euro subordinated bonds CDS falls 3bps to 109bps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 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

Tribes, recently independent and now variously subordinated to national states, still occupy much of New Guinea, Melanesia, and Amazonia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

“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