silent partner
Example Sentences
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Much that is worth reading has been written about consciousness and its silent partner, the unconscious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
It is the silent partner in every coal operation, and China’s operations are enormous.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
His defence was immaculate as he played the silent partner.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
Over the past three months she discovered that throwing events with a silent partner isn’t as difficult as she thought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
He had mining properties all over, and he was a silent partner in a chain of Mormon trading stores that ran north from the Mexican border through three states.
From The Mesa Trail by H. Bedford-Jones
