silent partner

Example Sentences

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Much that is worth reading has been written about consciousness and its silent partner, the unconscious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Natalie Whelton, senior wealth adviser and wealth strategist at HB Wealth, said she works hard to help the more silent partner speak up in retirement planning.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

There is a silent partner in every screamer of course.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

Disney has actually run Hulu since 2019, when Comcast ceded its authority to Disney and effectively became a silent partner.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023

The law practically makes every bank a silent partner in many wholesale and manufacturing businesses and gives it many rights which no ordinary silent partner can acquire.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur