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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a subordinate role" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a position or function that is lower in rank or importance compared to others within a hierarchy or organization.
Example: "In the project, she took on a subordinate role, assisting the team leader with various tasks."
Alternatives: "a secondary role" or "a supporting role".
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"Judges play a subordinate role — necessary yes, but subordinate nonetheless.
Again, he took a subordinate role, this time to Charles R. Lee, GTE's chairman.
While this was officially a subordinate role, Diamond's pay far outstripped that of the chief executive.
"In the past he's played a subordinate role," Mr. Amper said.
The crime itself, however intriguing, plays a subordinate role in each novel.
Take these examples: A client assumes you are in a subordinate role because of your age.
This is the case today; pastoralism plays a subordinate role in their economy.
Wine's long history is largely in a subordinate role, quietly smoothing the enjoyment of a meal, a conversation, a romance.
The decree had been privately edited so that any Wales coaches with the Lions had a subordinate role.
That agenda seems to come exclusively from the president and his inner circle; congress may have a subordinate role.
"For if scientific jury selection actually works, then facts and evidence play a subordinate role in trials," Abramson writes.
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