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something that is of secondary importance to something else
one of the company's foreign subsidiaries
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Recent Examples of subsidiaries
The court found at the time that Ellison’s office could seek payroll information related specifically to the company’s hourly workers at 10 downtown buildings, but not related to all workers within the company’s 30 or more subsidiaries.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2026
Sheryl DeVore has worked as a full-time and freelance reporter, editor and photographer for the Chicago Tribune and its subsidiaries.
—Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Boyar expects Abel will impose a lot more management oversight than Buffett, who famously took a hands-off approach to the subsidiaries.
—Alex Crippen, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
By June 2024, Chavez was allegedly acting as an administrator for various 764 subsidiaries online.
—Mike Levine, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025
The company has subsidiaries dedicated to EV battery materials, mining, and sand mining in addition to oil and gas.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
The suit says that, from 1967 to 1986, Monsanto purchased millions of dollars in general liability coverage from AIG and other insurers, which the suit alleges are AIG subsidiaries, to protect against such claims.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Boston Herald, 6 Dec. 2025
While headquartered in Hangzhou City, Zhink Group has four subsidiaries based out of Haining City—Wankai, as well as Pukai New Materials, Kaipuqi and Lingyu Zhicheng.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2025
All of First National Bancorp's subsidiaries are to be fully moved in on Rodney Parham Road by mid- to late November, according to Scott Beardsley, Crews & Associates' executive managing director.
—Jon Walker, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2025
Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2026
Sheryl DeVore has worked as a full-time and freelance reporter, editor and photographer for the Chicago Tribune and its subsidiaries.
—Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Boyar expects Abel will impose a lot more management oversight than Buffett, who famously took a hands-off approach to the subsidiaries.
—Alex Crippen, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
By June 2024, Chavez was allegedly acting as an administrator for various 764 subsidiaries online.
—Mike Levine, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025
The company has subsidiaries dedicated to EV battery materials, mining, and sand mining in addition to oil and gas.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
The suit says that, from 1967 to 1986, Monsanto purchased millions of dollars in general liability coverage from AIG and other insurers, which the suit alleges are AIG subsidiaries, to protect against such claims.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Boston Herald, 6 Dec. 2025
While headquartered in Hangzhou City, Zhink Group has four subsidiaries based out of Haining City—Wankai, as well as Pukai New Materials, Kaipuqi and Lingyu Zhicheng.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2025
All of First National Bancorp's subsidiaries are to be fully moved in on Rodney Parham Road by mid- to late November, according to Scott Beardsley, Crews & Associates' executive managing director.
—Jon Walker, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsidiaries
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Keep reading to discover more tiny house options at Amazon, as well as essentials to fill your new space with.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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There are plenty of dining options in cities surrounding the Everglades—Miami, Naples, and Homestead—but most visitors bring their own food and drinks into the park.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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With these selling points in mind, scientists from Montreal's McGill University and Philadelphia's Drexel University set about converting the appendages into 3D printing nozzles.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Dec. 2025
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Jamian Juliano-Villani’s friezelike painting Women, 2024, offers a surreptitious turn on Marcel Duchamp and Eadweard Muybridge by featuring an ostensibly female figure with too many (and ambiguously gendered) appendages.—
Tim Griffin,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2025
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Call in the whole grains gang In accompaniments calling for refined grains, swap in whole-grain alternatives.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN Money,
25 Nov. 2025
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To allow the delicate flavor and texture of the melt-in-your-mouth fish to shine, the Seabird’s accompaniments are less aggressive than those of the Birdman.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Nov. 2025
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Why do these simple foods work better than high-tech supplements?—
Rachel Macpherson,
Outside,
11 Jan. 2026
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Garlic Supplements Garlic supplements are sometimes used to support heart health and immunity.—
Sara Hoffman,
Verywell Health,
11 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Subsidiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidiaries. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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