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secondary group

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noun

Sociology.
  1. a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.


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Motivated by Mack’s example, Still is poised for a breakout season as he competes for a larger role in a stacked secondary group.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2025

While several position groups were slowed by injuries at different times this offseason, the core secondary group of cornerbacks Malcolm Butler and Logan Ryan, and safeties Devin McCourty and Patrick Chung, has remained healthy.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2016

The secondary group includes a number of birds and mammals.

From Time Magazine Archive

These schools will be given mention in the secondary group.

From The Condition and Tendencies of Technical Education in Germany by Arthur Henry Chamberlain

The secondary group of authorities from which the popular histories of the time have been chiefly taken are Appian, Plutarch, Suetonius, and Dion Cassius.

From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude

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