secondaries

noun

plural of secondary
as in dependents

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  1. juniors
  2. subordinates
  3. subjects
  4. underlings
Noun
  • The old model had strategists on top, executors in the middle and juniors at the bottom.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The camp is open to rising high school juniors and seniors, and most of the attendees were from Lake and Porter counties.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
Definition of juniors
Noun
  • Mayor Dean Trantalis, Commissioner Steven Glassman and Commissioner John Herbst took issue with her leadership, accusing her of being dismissive to subordinates and ruffling too many feathers.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • Put simply, the theory says the president should be able to issue orders to subordinates and to fire them at will.
    — Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
Definition of subordinates
Noun
  • To burn Ormund out, Rhaenyra would have to cremate her own subjects.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • Just thinking of what his subjects, used to the continuity of antiquity, might have made of this makes the heart flutter.
    — Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Definition of subjects
Noun
  • France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival gets underway this weekend with Illumination’s Minions & Monsters, the latest movie devoted to the mischievous army of yellow underlings first introduced in 2010 breakout Despicable Me.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 June 2026
  • But the occupant of the Oval Office doesn’t want his underlings engaging in self-promotion and vindictive lawsuits.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of underlings
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