subordination
Example Sentences
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Just as you revert to being about nine years old when you go home to visit your parents, you revert to total subordination when you are in the presence of your former CEO.
From Literature
Mr. Wertman writes that when lenders demand “unanimous consent on subordination, it’s a signal that confidence in collateral integrity is faltering.”
When sophisticated creditors start demanding unanimous consent on subordination, it’s a signal that confidence in collateral integrity is faltering.
One of Sheinbaum’s mottos: “Collaboration, coordination, without subordination. ... Sovereignty is not negotiable.”
From Los Angeles Times
“We negotiate as equals, there is no subordination here, because we are a great nation,” she told the Associated Press.
From Salon
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