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 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 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 Hoeld will oversee Puma’s sales organization and subsidiaries until a successor is appointed. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 Chinese subsidiaries manufacturing electric vehicles, security inspection equipment, and wind turbines in Europe have all been accused of competing unfairly with local firms by benefiting from Beijing’s subsidies. — Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026 For now, though, Meridian developer CBH Homes and its subsidiaries will be able to start what amounts to a quarter of the original design. — Mark Dee august 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026 Nearly half of the 2,727 overall rare earth exploration applications — or 42% — in Brazil were made by subsidiaries of foreign mining companies or firms with foreign ownership stakes. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Many major transfer pricing disputes have centered on intellectual property transferred to foreign subsidiaries, Avi-Yonah said. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
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  1. options
  2. appendages
  3. accompaniments
  4. supplements
Noun
  • The county’s options for the facility range from holding Discovery Place in default and taking over the nature museum to accepting Discovery Place’s terms and giving the organization decades to repay the debt, staff said.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Argentina’s program is poised to be one of the most popular options on the market, due to the country's comparative proximity to the United States, strong economy, and passport power.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 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
  • 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
  • Instead, Bella’s formula is to take one warm-weather favorite and give it a few decidedly fall-minded accompaniments.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of accompaniments
Noun
  • Will any of my current medications or supplements interact with these tests, or with my hair?
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 2 Oct. 2026
  • A number of nutritional supplements have been recalled in California due to reasons ranging to fatal bacteria to undeclared ingredients.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of supplements

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“Subsidiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidiaries. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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