- plural of subordinate.
- present tense form of subordinate (3rd person singular).
subordinates
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But she admits she didn’t always adhere to the unwritten rules of weekend communication with subordinates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
The department also didn’t appear to have a policy addressing personal or romantic relationships between supervisors and subordinates, it found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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
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
Trueba was not one to encourage intimacy with his subordinates.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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