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
Iran’s parliament plays a secondary role in governing the country.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024
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
He now played but a secondary role in the chamber, and occupied himself mostly with the direction of the journal L’Autorit�, which he had founded.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various