subordinate
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Subordinate clauses begin with a subordinating word or phrase such as although, because, even if, when, whenever, since, as though, whether, as long as, until, or while.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Revised with a Subordinate Clause Students are choosing majors to enable them to earn more money because they are under the misconception that earning money guarantees happiness.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Subordinate dogs lower their posture and lick the mouths of individuals — dog or human — whose preeminence they recognize.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2021
In July, Moody's Investors Service put the authority's Public Project Revolving Fund Aa1 Senior Lien and Aa2 Subordinate Lien ratings under review for downgrade, a move affecting $1.26 billion in outstanding total debt.
From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2012
Subordinate to Towle and Patch was a long line of eminently respectable lawyers known over the Commonwealth as "Whitney's attorneys."
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William
Vocabulary lists containing subordinate
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