subsidiaries

noun

plural of subsidiary
as in additives
something that is of secondary importance to something else one of the company's foreign subsidiaries

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Recent Examples of subsidiaries So far, neither American Conservative Fund nor its subsidiaries are running general election ads on Google or Meta platforms. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Sheryl DeVore has worked as a full-time and freelance reporter, editor, and photographer for the Chicago Tribune and its subsidiaries. — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026 This figure includes the capital deployed by subsidiaries ADIC, Mubadala Capital and MGX, which was active in the multi-billion financing rounds of OpenAI, Anthropic and Databricks. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 These include contracts with 1,540 suppliers at two subsidiaries of Glencore, alongside those involving Ivanhoe Mines, Eurasian Resources Group and Sicomines. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Only 1,221 entered over the same period, through subsidiaries, factories or representative offices, the fewest on record outside the Covid-19 pandemic. — Anniek Bao,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026 As the country’s second-largest beer producer, Molson Coors has the financial and legal resources to stand its ground and protect one of its subsidiaries. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026 Insurance subsidiaries are typically formed to conduct an insurer’s duties or to sell separate insurance products. — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 Where are the company, its subsidiaries, investors, customers and strategic partners based? — Jean Francois Harvey, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
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  1. options
  2. appendages
  3. accompaniments
  4. supplements
Noun
  • This is because both options provide access to capital based on the value of a business’s assets rather than relying on profitability or owner credit scores.
    — Andrew Coon, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • And for options that can please any giftee on your list, check out gourmet food calendars filled with decadent chocolates, loose-leaf teas, jams and jellies, and more.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of options
Noun
  • John of John takes place in the 1990s, before everyone had the internet and cell phones had become appendages, and the story's pacing matches that era in that nothing is immediate.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Many choose to make use of a corrupt brokerage system, where people with connections in the foreign ministry and other regime appendages facilitate large bribes for new, and sometimes fake, documentation.
    — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of appendages
Noun
  • Make little parcels with the fish and all the accompaniments to make a perfect bite.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Formal afternoon tea is served, too, with the savory and sweet accompaniments prepared through an Indonesian lens.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of accompaniments
Noun
  • All four movies exhibit Mackenzie’s knack for trenchant social and political commentary slightly heightened by his elegance as a dramatist and visceral genre filmmaker, and all are accompanied by illuminating supplements.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Supplements, on the other hand, are regulated under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, which holds manufacturers responsible for ensuring that their supplements are safe and properly labeled.
    — Andrew Yockey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of supplements

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