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






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Diminishing water flows set up a conflict that would be subject to original jurisdiction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

So up to 50% or as much as 85% of your Social Security benefits may be subject to federal income tax.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Come to think of it, a two-hour briefing on just that subject wouldn’t have been enough to explain that insanity.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mark Walter’s insurance empire is under investigation by federal authorities — and the subject of discussions with state regulators — over allegations the businesses he controls failed to properly follow laws designed to protect investors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

He hated lying, especially to his mother, but he knew this was the quickest way to change the subject.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

You have a vast filmography featuring subjects who might have taken issue, or have taken issue, with what was said in your documentaries.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Yet dreary subjects can be made compelling, as Mr. Galef shows when he steps aside from editing to supply the final story in the book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Using MEG, the researchers recorded brain activity in all 263 participants with depression and the 75 healthy control subjects.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

The directors said living under the same roof as the documentary subjects created tensions and even saw Evans, who hasn't seen the film, try to exert control over production.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

I decided to take a notebook and simply write down words or subjects she liked or disliked and see if there was a pattern.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Having been subjected to multiple FCC probes of ABC’s programming, the corporation has pushed back in court against Carr, in what has already amounted to a drawn-out and expensive legal tussle.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Barrot said French diplomatic missions were trying to put across the French case "so that we have our own narratives to disseminate, rather than being subjected to those of others."

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Officials are routinely subjected to highly charged interactions and, at times, verbal abuse from players and coaches,” Green said in the association’s news release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The maneuver subjected the airframe to an estimated 3 Gs of force, akin to what a spacecraft experiences during launch, and exceeded the 737 MAX’s operating limit of 2.5 Gs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

He was positive that there was nothing wrong with the Firebolt now, but what sort of state would it be in once it had been subjected to all sorts of anti-jinx tests?

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

It was an eye-catching conjecture: one of the most revered of the Founding Fathers subjecting people held against their will to possibly painful shocks.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Under the new regime, visa holders who need more time will have to file formal applications with the federal government, subjecting themselves to additional background checks, biometric vetting, and other bureaucratic hurdles.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

Washington preferred agents who “live with the other side; whose local circumstances, without subjecting them to suspicions, give them an opportunity of making observations.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen


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