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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a subsidiary matter" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to something that is less important or secondary to the main topic or issue being discussed. Example: "The main focus of our meeting today is the budget proposal, but we can briefly address any subsidiary matters at the end if there is time."
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The four minority judgments, are illuminating, not least because of an equally sharp difference of opinion between them on a subsidiary matter.
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Everything else is a subsidiary issue.
These, however, are subsidiary matters.
A more significant and in many ways more interesting division arises from placing primary emphasis on the level of economic development, with political or ideological differences as subsidiary matters.
Sinodinos said there would be consultations on "subsidiary matters" but denied it was around the start date of the superannuation measures.
Psychologically, it sums up Labour's gloom without descending into subsidiary matters such as leadership, strategy and the rest.
This has become a subsidiary goal that only matters to the extent that it delivers top grades.
From my vantage point, it doesn't make a difference whether the company is purely domestic or a subsidiary of a European turbine maker; what matters is where the jobs are created with the tax dollars.
It'll be hard to do that as a subsidiary of Google, Apple, or anyone else for that matter.
This piece is adapted from David Sax's book "The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter," which will be published this month by PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group.
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