subordinates

Example Sentences

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Subordinates often fed her wrong information to undermine her.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2020

Hens do it via their pecking order: Subordinates know that if a dominant hen is successfully challenged by a strange hen, they’d best not approach the stranger.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2017

Subordinates refer to him as “the boy genius”; from an investor’s perspective, he’s “a high-risk, high-reward play,” says Alan Geller, a retired oil trader and investor in Retrophin.

From BusinessWeek • Apr. 17, 2014

The so-called Royals should actually be named the Subordinates.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2011

Subordinates may never have demanded much of themselves.

From Analyzing Character by Blackford, Katherine M. H.