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






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The team says their ability to handle each tragedy with care and sensitivity allows them to expand to other subject matters while also exploring existing themes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

A final decision remains subject to board approval, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In a statement, the IDF said it "publishes information regarding the outcomes of investigations and examinations when possible, subject to legal and operational considerations, as well as restrictions relating to privacy and information security".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax — known as the taxable maximum — will increase in 2027 to $192,300 from the current $184,500, according to the Social Security Administration.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

I wish I could think of a natural way to bring up the subject.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

This inaugural exhibition focuses on how contemporary design is moving away from industrial concerns toward more spiritual subjects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The directors said living under the same roof as the documentary subjects created tensions and even saw Evans, who hasn't seen the film, try to exert control over production.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The show was frank in its portrayal of, among other subjects, social isolation, economic disparity, the immigrant experience and unconventional families.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The interview ranged across other subjects, most notably inflation and AI.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

If the thought of being Chief Powhatan’s subjects would be distasteful to the gentlemen, then I imagine that becoming subjects of King James would be just as distasteful to the Powhatan people.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

“Officials are routinely subjected to highly charged interactions and, at times, verbal abuse from players and coaches,” Green said in the association’s news release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The dive and recovery subjected the aircraft to extreme speed and gravitational forces that snapped off part of its tail rudder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

They have lived by hunting, fishing and reindeer herding for thousands of years, and been subjected to colonisation for centuries.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Pyrobitumen is an insoluble form of organic carbon that develops when buried crude oil or kerogen -- a source material for natural gas -- is subjected to intense heating deep below the surface.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

By this late stage in the expedition we had all been subjected to levels of misery and peril that would have sent more balanced individuals packing for home long ago.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

The yoke is pulled back in the final seconds, subjecting the jet to a peak vertical G-force of 3.08.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

It was an eye-catching conjecture: one of the most revered of the Founding Fathers subjecting people held against their will to possibly painful shocks.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Under the new regime, visa holders who need more time will have to file formal applications with the federal government, subjecting themselves to additional background checks, biometric vetting, and other bureaucratic hurdles.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The team would put the players up in hotel rooms with two beds, subjecting Freeman to the incessant clicking of Heyward texting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

For example, the San Diego and Los Angeles zoos are now subjecting the last surviving California condors to a more draconian control of breeding than that imposed upon any domesticated species.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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