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subject

noun as in one under authority of another

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Throughout the fifties, in city after city, fluoridation became the subject of fierce debate.

This is a provocative subject that is ready-made for the classroom.

Imam Bheel, as locals call him, was added to a list of worldwide traffickers subject to U.S. sanctions in 2009.

He allows the subject to float over to Hitchcock with a calm directness that I admire.

No one knows what they're about but Boba Fett is rumored to be the subject of one.

No man should regard the subject of religion as decided for him until he has read The Golden Bough.

But a little earlier still, to be an Infidel was to be an outlaw, subject to the penalty of death.

Her manner amazed him; it was so unlike the aspect of fair interpretation, with which she usually discussed a dubious subject.

Her "St. Agnes" is an interesting rendering of a well-worn subject.

No trait is better marked in the normal child than the impulse to subject others to his own disciplinary system.

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On this page you'll find 191 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to subject, such as: accountable, apt, conditional, dependent, exposed, and inferior.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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