subordinate
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Once, when a daredevil subordinate had landed in the hospital because of a bicycle racing accident, Raymond called him at his hospital bed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Sales volumes recovered, but Nestlé fired Freixe in September 2025 after the company said an internal investigation found he had an undisclosed romantic relationship with a subordinate.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
He found the role hugely enjoyable, but strategising and giving commands to subordinate players in real time could be "more stressful than real life".
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 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
Thomas might be several years younger than Metias and a subordinate on his patrol, but he’s more disciplined than anyone I know.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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The plaintiff sued for money and settled for an apology plus something his complaint never requested and no court could have awarded: immunity, granted by his own subordinates.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Wasn’t it true, a juror asked, that he had taken to delegating tasks to subordinates in recent years?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The November 2024 indictment in New York accused the industrialist and multiple subordinates of deliberately misleading international investors as part of a vast bribery scheme.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The scandal has resurfaced age-old questions about Capitol Hill culture and the power dynamics between elected officials and their subordinates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The diamond-studded scythe and his rainbow of subordinates followed, looking around at the understated opulence of the mansion.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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A press release from EFG refers to "approximately 232.6 million euros of subordinated debt".
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
“The subordinated side of the bank bond spectrum remains most vulnerable to further adjustment, in our view.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
In his post on X, he said that "the fight against drugs must be subordinated to the human rights of the Caribbean people".
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
That climate of deference fostered a culture of complicity, where questions of social responsibility were subordinated to uncritical faith in authority.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
Consequently, we frequently find senior mathematical, engineering, and scientific people ardently wooed by industry and then subordinated to newly minted M.B.A.s and accountants.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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Determined not to quarantine either story, she prefers what she calls the egalitarian “jump cut,” to the subordinating “meanwhile.”
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
“We are going to collaborate .. but without subordinating ourselves,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
He prioritized camaraderie with league officials to burnish his résumé, subordinating WSU’s interests.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Foti did not respond when asked about Gosar's pattern of subordinating congressional rules to his religion.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023
He was therefore well practiced in subordinating his own inclinations and style to Washington’s larger purposes.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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