supporting player
Example Sentences
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Few are facing more questions than Jefferies Financial Group JEF 1.45%increase; green up pointing triangle , a supporting player in the finance world that now finds itself in the harsh spotlight of an accounting scandal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
Only in this telling, Carmen, played by Wally Baram, isn’t just a supporting player in Benny’s path toward self-acceptance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
When you grow through the industry, it's really exciting because you're like, "Oh, I'm going from a supporting player to someone they're putting all this faith in."
From Salon • Jul. 16, 2023
The Irish actor, though a regular presence in Nolan films going back almost two decades, had always been a supporting player.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023
They were stacked with talent—big, tough players, like Jason Zundel and Dallas Miller, and they had in Reggie a tenacious defender and supporting player.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
