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subsidiary

[suhb-sid-ee-er-ee] / səbˈsɪd iˌɛr i /


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The Marriott chain sells candles and diffusers with “the signature scent of your favorite hotels,” including subsidiary brands Ritz-Carlton, St. Regis, Westin, Sheraton and Courtyard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Naver Financial—which operates one of South Korea’s largest mobile payment platform, Naver Pay—agreed in November last year to acquire Dunamu through a share swap that would make it a wholly owned subsidiary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Optimum also moved certain employees and business contracts to the subsidiary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The global brand has been a subsidiary of Nike since 2003.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

His second step was to bring in a Western firm—a subsidiary of Boeing called Alteon—to take over the company’s training and instruction programs.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Under the proposal that received majority support from the Swiss parliament’s upper house on Wednesday, UBS would be required to hold 90% in top-tier capital against its foreign subsidiaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

As for HPE, Conti said that networking is the “earnings engine,” given its ownership of networking subsidiaries Juniper Networks and Aruba Networks under the umbrella of HPE Networking.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

It subsequently went into gradual decline under the ownership of the American group General Motors, which long restricted its international expansion to avoid competition with other GM subsidiaries.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Disney and TikTok have agreed a deal which will allow creators to use clips from Disney films, including its subsidiaries, in their videos.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

But in an emergency, all six subsidiaries must be mobilized immediately and simultaneously.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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