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[suhb-jikt, suhb-jekt] / ˈsʌb dʒɪkt, səbˈdʒɛkt /






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Diminishing water flows set up a conflict that would be subject to original jurisdiction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

So up to 50% or as much as 85% of your Social Security benefits may be subject to federal income tax.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Come to think of it, a two-hour briefing on just that subject wouldn’t have been enough to explain that insanity.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mark Walter’s insurance empire is under investigation by federal authorities — and the subject of discussions with state regulators — over allegations the businesses he controls failed to properly follow laws designed to protect investors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

When she had finished her route, so to speak, and her mind was free to wander, Penelope found herself dwelling yet again upon the subject of her mother and father.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

You have a vast filmography featuring subjects who might have taken issue, or have taken issue, with what was said in your documentaries.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Rauh wrote that Solana conducted “on-the-record” interviews with his subjects, but I do not think that term means what he thinks it means.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

In his memoir, “The Summing Up,” Maugham aims to “sort out my thoughts” on various subjects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Using MEG, the researchers recorded brain activity in all 263 participants with depression and the 75 healthy control subjects.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

However, too many schools have succumbed to funding challenges or embraced a narrow focus on tested subjects, resulting in minimal, if any, arts experiences for the children they serve.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Having been subjected to multiple FCC probes of ABC’s programming, the corporation has pushed back in court against Carr, in what has already amounted to a drawn-out and expensive legal tussle.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Boeing 737 MAX is undergoing inspections to see if the extreme speeds and forces it was subjected to during the attack were severe enough to prevent the aircraft flying again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Officials are routinely subjected to highly charged interactions and, at times, verbal abuse from players and coaches,” Green said in the association’s news release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Posting on Facebook, Stevenson said her illness had affected her concentration, and said she had been subjected to "misogynistic bullying" following the incident.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

A hard winter had been followed by no sign of spring, and Maesie had delayed planting at first, hoping for sunshine and warmth before she subjected her seedlings to the cold earth.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

The yoke is pulled back in the final seconds, subjecting the jet to a peak vertical G-force of 3.08.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

It was an eye-catching conjecture: one of the most revered of the Founding Fathers subjecting people held against their will to possibly painful shocks.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

If USC had maintained its traditional rivalry scheduling with Notre Dame this season, they would have sold out the Coliseum on Thanksgiving Saturday instead of subjecting a sparse August crowd to possible heatstroke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Those doubling down, however, are subjecting themselves to public wrath.

From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026

They have been kept for years in pill boxes, and yet on subjecting them to moisture, have crawled about appearing as well as ever.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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