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[suhb-jikt, suhb-jekt] / ˈsʌb dʒɪkt, səbˈdʒɛkt /






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Shein has also been the subject of an investigation by the EU over concerns about illegal products sold online and potential risks to users from the platform’s design.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

But of course the decisions, not the timing, were the subject of the stipulations.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

"Even relatively small exporters and shipments are subject to thorough review and scrutiny on both sides of the globe, and any diverted products would have no service, support, or updates."

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Since 2023 second homes in Gwynedd have been subject to a 150% council tax premium, leaving Bev and her family facing a tough decision.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

For perhaps ten minutes, while I racked my brain for everything I had ever heard or read on the subject, we talked about dogs.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

A life-sized pink woolly mammoth, Ozzy Osbourne, and an old phone are among some of the subjects comedian and artist Joe Lycett hopes will inspire others to get creative.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Matthew Josephson’s group portrait of the most powerful men of the Gilded Age—his subjects include Jay Gould, James Fisk, John D. Rockefeller and J.P.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

I was really lucky that so many subjects were so kind to me and affirmed I wasn’t my grandfather and that I didn’t need to carry historical or generational burdens.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

He studied architecture at Princeton University and law at NYU and writes about both subjects.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Many lacked basic skills because the Nazi system of education did not emphasize academic subjects.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

He was subjected to a roadside breath test, which returned a negative result.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Petro was subjected to US sanctions at one point, but the pair have mended their relationship in recent months.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

For approximately one hour, the gas mixture was subjected to an electrical potential of around 10,000 volts.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

Jessica Levinson, a Loyola Marymount University law professor and political commentator, said Siebel Newsom had been subjected to heightened public scrutiny for years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

By this late stage in the expedition we had all been subjected to levels of misery and peril that would have sent more balanced individuals packing for home long ago.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

It would also make it an offence to remove a person from Northern Ireland for the purposes of subjecting them to conversion practices.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Pyongyang withdrew from the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1993 and has since conducted six nuclear tests, subjecting it to multiple United Nations resolutions, and is believed to possess dozens of nuclear warheads.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

Those doubling down, however, are subjecting themselves to public wrath.

From Slate Jun. 1, 2026

And anything was better than subjecting yourself to the shuttle, he joked.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

For example, the San Diego and Los Angeles zoos are now subjecting the last surviving California condors to a more draconian control of breeding than that imposed upon any domesticated species.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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