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subordinate

[suh-bawr-dn-it, suh-bawr-dn-eyt] / səˈbɔr dn ɪt, səˈbɔr dnˌeɪt /




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A few of the subordinate roles are amateurishly performed, but the main parts are vividly pulled off, and I was generally impressed by the ensemble’s flow and cohesion.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 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

Trimmed of its subordinate characters and chorus, it was directed with minimalist fervor by R.B.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

The manner in which the Farewell Address was actually composed, as it turned out, served as a nearly perfect illustration of its central message—the need to subordinate narrow interests to the larger cause.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

Its Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, which includes Iran, shed scores of career officials last year, many of them replaced by greener subordinates or political appointees.

From Slate May 1, 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

But in the same way that a freedom fighter subordinates his own family to the family of the people, he must subordinate his own individual feelings to the movement.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

A press release from EFG refers to "approximately 232.6 million euros of subordinated debt".

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Those showed about $687 million of debt and subordinated notes, which was more than 10 times equity.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 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

Awed by its magnificence, fearful of the supernatural powers controlled by its priesthood, local rulers subordinated themselves.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

For that matter, many of the words that were traditionally called subordinating conjunctions, like before and after, are actually prepositions.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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