secondary role
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Now 38, he has had to settle for a secondary role since Sinner and Alcaraz took control of the men's tour, making the semis at all four majors in 2025 but not going further.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Caroline Carberry KC, for Batool, had earlier said her sentence was too long and did not properly reflect her secondary role.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
She was also scolded for devoting too much time to handling weapons, neglecting some of the duties of her secondary role as prop assistant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
"But the really surprising finding was that the RNA-binding proteins actually play a secondary role rather than a primary role in the process," she says.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
The recent victory of the Maid, a victory in which several of the captains least hostile to her had played a secondary role, inspired them all with secret and bitter envy.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne