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subordinate

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




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The company will pay about 20% in cash and 80% in GFL subordinate voting shares.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 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

Mehringer’s case dates back to April 27, 2018, when she and her subordinate, Sgt.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

But Ricardo Monreal, parliamentary leader for the ruling Morena party, rejected the idea that Washington could make Mexico a "subordinate".

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

“How can woman’s position be changed from that of a subordinate to an equal,” she wrote, “without opposition, without the broadest discussion of all the questions involved in her present degradation?”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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