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- noun Plural form of
subordinate . - verb Third person singular simple present of to
subordinate .
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Examples
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Underbussing of subordinates is anticipated, as an alibi is being swiftly prepared by his underlings:
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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When one of your subordinates is doing something good.
Ronald Reagan's Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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My experience with a couple hundred subordinates is that the best way to increase your income/salary is to change jobs proactively and fairly often.
Do the Overweight Pull Their Weight?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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City officials, who praised the plan's ability to avoid layoffs, said the base pay differential between supervisors and subordinates is about $5,000 on average.
City Slates Sanitation Job Cuts Chris Herring 2010
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Tim: caseyboy, fair enough. sexual relationships with subordinates is a legitimate line of inquiry in a sexual harassment proceeding.
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This underground warren protected the irrepressible Churchill and key subordinates from the Luftwaffe's nightly visits.
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From a personal point of view, I really wanted to know more about the aliens - the concept of a single organism with billions of fully-controlled subordinates is brilliant - and more about the possible confrontations between such an incomprehensible entity and humanity as we know it.
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Bush, like many of his subordinates, is trying to dismiss the entire matter as the "wrongdoing of a few."
R-E-S-P-E-C-T 2004
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Bush, like many of his subordinates, is trying to dismiss the entire matter as the "wrongdoing of a few."
Quote of the Day 2004
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Bush, like many of his subordinates, is trying to dismiss the entire matter as the "wrongdoing of a few."
Amazing, isn't it? 2004
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