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The phrase "are secondary to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is of lesser importance or priority compared to something else.
Example: "In this project, the aesthetic elements are secondary to the functionality of the design."
Alternatives: "are less important than" or "take a backseat to".
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Those are secondary to winning.
Her children are secondary to that.
Material concerns are secondary to winning.
Style and decomposition are secondary to correctness.
Ingenious plots are secondary to the detectives' partnership.
But these additions are secondary to the prize itself.
The plots are secondary to the idiosyncratic characters the two create.
But illuminating though they are, even the letters are secondary to the paintings and drawings.
What he doesn't mention is that theatres themselves are secondary to audiences for movies.
But these sops are secondary to Mr. Mugabe's more muscular stratagems.
As a result, "concerns about unemployment are secondary to concerns about the stock market".
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