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- verb Present participle of
subordinate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
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Examples
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The first is a primary tactic in subordinating fractious slaves in the plantation economy.
The State of Things: Olaudah Equiano and the Volatile Politics of Heterocosmic Desire 2006
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Earlier U.S. presidents have expressed abhorrence for the notion of subordinating fiscal prudence and monetary integrity to government policy objectives.
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They firmly rejected the idea of subordinating constitutional making processes to parliament.
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This is a government which has a seriously perverted idea of what the "rule of law" actually means; which has repeatedly restricted our liberties and endlessly wants to restrict them further; which makes a mockery of our "democratic society" by endless gerrymandering and circumventing of true democratic process; which is hell-bent on "subordinating" our entire constitution to a corrupt bureaucracy in Brussels.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Within a country, means of promoting international human rights include incorporating international norms into a state's constitution and criminal law; creating limits on federalism, such as subordinating localities to the federal government; and, promoting human rights through propaganda and education.
Human Rights Nickel, James 2006
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Bankers call it "subordinating" a loan - the new mortgage would be paid off first under default.
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Now this shifting of the verb in certain subordinating clauses … that drives me bat-shit crazy.
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Here was the real essence of what came to be called the Powell Doctrine: minimizing uncertainty by employing maximum force and allowing commanders in the field to exercise broad autonomy, and by implication subordinating political considerations to operational ones.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Only when those who had committed the United States to the war had left office could the government consider subordinating principle to national interests.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Otherwise she is subordinating the literature lesson to a vocabulary lesson or to a multiple-choice question.
The 'thinking gap' (and why teachers shouldn't keep kids busy every second) Valerie Strauss 2011
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