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subordinates

  • plural
    of subordinate.
    subordinate
    adjective
    placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • present tense form
    of subordinate (3rd person singular).
    subordinate
    adjective
    placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.

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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

After its triumph in war with Persia, Athens under Pericles began to treat its allies as subordinates to be exploited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

He extolled the bounty of New England to Thomas Dermer, one of Smith’s subordinates, who was then staying in the same camp.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann