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

July 30, 2025A previous version of this article described Kay Elyse as a silent partner.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

Sources with a close working knowledge of Ratcliffe have told BBC Sport it was "impossible to imagine" he would agree to being a silent partner.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2023

It was something to him, however: the new store had a silent partner; and this was but one of many small and silent enterprises in which he was engaged throughout the neighborhood.

From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Woolson, Constance Fenimore