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subject

[suhb-jikt, suhb-jekt] / ˈsʌb dʒɪkt, səbˈdʒɛkt /






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Sullivan had already been the subject of intense fan abuse for his running of the club, who were relegated to the Championship last season for the first time since 2011.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The 14th Amendment states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

The AI was much thicker in subject areas like crypto, leadership and the winner, data analytics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

During its long history, the Jacobian conjecture has been the subject of many claimed proofs, including by Beniamino Segre and Wolfgang Gröbner, two famed 20th-century mathematicians.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

“Have no fear; on the subject of Gallery Seventeen, Mr. Hixby’s instructions are quite thorough.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Every week Prof. Morris invites over four other professors—as “clever and famous” as he—to discourse on learned subjects.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

International humanitarian law protects the ex-guerrillas as "subjects in a state of defenselessness," Novoa said.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

But Conservative peer Baroness Spielman tells the paper that Labour risks creating a "false choice" between academic and technical subjects.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The fourth event coming Sunday is called “Building the Garden,” culminating in how all of the previous subjects fed “The Audience’s Listening.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The curriculum was quite specialized: You had to choose three core subjects and focus on them.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

A legal organisation representing her has sent a pre-action letter to ITV, claiming the broadcaster "subjected Nadia to direct discrimination, indirect discrimination and harassment because of her protected philosophical beliefs".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

“We were surprised and disappointed that our entire band was detained by the police, isolated and separately questioned – with some members subjected to hotel room searches and temporary passport confiscation,” it read.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Other claims involve U.S. citizens and legal residents who say they were wrongfully detained or subjected to aggressive enforcement actions despite having legal status.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

He subjected Warsh's predecessor Jerome Powell to a criminal probe over a Fed renovation project, and attempted to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

She offered Patrolman Mancuso a torn and oily cake box that looked as if it had been subjected to unusual abuse during someone’s attempt to take all of the doughnuts at once.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Pyongyang withdrew from the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1993 and has since conducted six nuclear tests, subjecting it to multiple United Nations resolutions, and is believed to possess dozens of nuclear warheads.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

Those doubling down, however, are subjecting themselves to public wrath.

From Slate Jun. 1, 2026

"In addition to subjecting vulnerable children and young people to a dehumanising process that undermines their human rights, we don't actually know if facial age estimation works."

From BBC May 28, 2026

“I feel terrible for subjecting you all to this,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

Between these fields was the forest, which Indians were subjecting to parallel changes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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