secondary

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For example, the primary beneficiary of an IRA might be the spouse, but the form would also name children as secondary beneficiaries and perhaps grandchildren after that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

For investors, it may be wise to be aware of those secondary effects.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Over the next decades, questions on language, literacy and occupation were refined, adding secondary work and dependency details.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

McDuffie and Watson join a secondary that includes safety Quentin Lake, who signed an extension in January, and safety Kam Curl, who re-signed with the Rams this month.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

And so, beginning in 1932, military training was built into the secondary education curriculum in the USSR.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein