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

And while a species commonly known as "the rat flea" has been fingered as the main culprit in plague outbreaks, a species known as "the human flea" may play a secondary role.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

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

Statutes, however, played at that time, as they do now, but a secondary role.

From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Perlman, Selig