Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondaries
Noun
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If those nine games don’t go well, send him back to juniors.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025 -
The percentage of Homestead High School juniors who met all four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks — English, reading, math and science — is two times the national average for high school graduates.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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,
7 Oct. 2025
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The third-term sheriff is accused of repeatedly harassing his female subordinates and threatening his chief deputy to keep it quiet.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Students will still be able to take classes in these subjects while the major pause is in effect.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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In this photograph, which Mark made before the start of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in 2003, her subjects—Candice Lozada, nine; Fantashia Toro, eleven—seem literally to have grown in Mark’s presence.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Like his Washington, Bargatze’s Farnsworth regaled a trio of underlings (SNL cast members Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, and James Austin Johnson) with ridiculous yet accurate predictions for the future, in this case of TV.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Although the underlings complained about my methods, the cartel leaders, like Pedro and his boss, El Viejo, a key deputy of Pablo Escobar, were on my side.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Secondaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondaries. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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