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

Sophomore guard Sebastian Mack, who will go from a starter to fighting for playing time on a much deeper team, looked like someone who does not intend to step into a secondary role.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 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