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






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In 2024, the European Union added Shein to its list of digital companies that are big enough to be subject to stricter safety curbs.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Kiplimo ran 57:20 in Lisbon earlier this year but Kejelcha has now knocked 29 seconds off that time to regain the record, subject to official ratification.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

He’s gung-ho about continuing to try to win, again, including next year, subject to whatever next year’s climate looks like.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Labor Department says she must have been covered by her employer’s group health plan, the plan must be subject to COBRA, and she must experience a qualifying event that causes her to lose coverage.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

The subject of the email gives nothing away.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

They ordered dozens, even hundreds of books at a time, on completely unrelated subjects, and routed them through logistics warehouses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Are there specific subjects that must be covered in the class, such as investing or budgeting?

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Unintentionally, and no doubt painfully, the British royal family has, in modern times, increasingly become a high-profile mirror of its subjects.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Many subjects have seen a shift from final exams to class-based assessment and the first pupils to take the courses get Year 10 results on Thursday.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Now, there has never been a time when a new prince disarmed his subjects.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

In both environments, diamond is subjected to immense pressure.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

In a statement read by Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy on behalf of Arday's family, they said "the public cruelty Jason was subjected to was too much for any man to bear".

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Lord Simon Woolley, principal of Homerton College, Cambridge said Arday had been subjected to a "toxic, vicious witchhunt".

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

"He was being subjected to relentless scrutiny, including ridicule, discrediting absolutely every detail of his life," Baron-Cohen said.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

As was customary, high priests subjected this choice to a divination.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

A judge earlier this month rejected Kalshi’s bid to block New York from subjecting it to its gambling laws.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 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

"In addition to subjecting vulnerable children and young people to a dehumanising process that undermines their human rights, we don't actually know if facial age estimation works."

From BBC May 28, 2026

And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of toil, tedium, and suffering, it struck me that most of us were probably seeking, above all else, something like a state of grace.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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