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 new analysis of the isotopic composition of the human bones shows that plant foods made up the majority of individual diets, with meat playing a secondary role.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 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