become subordinate
Frequency: 6.02.5 per million words
to indicate a change to a state of being in a lower position
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- After the merger, the smaller company became subordinate to the larger one.
- The new department eventually became subordinate to the main office's directives.
- In the military hierarchy, a lieutenant becomes subordinate to a captain.
- As the project evolved, his initial role became subordinate to the overall strategy.
- The subsidiary company will soon become subordinate to the parent corporation.
- Many junior employees fear they will become subordinate to less experienced but more connected colleagues.
- The artistic director's vision became subordinate to the studio's commercial interests.
- Once the treaty was signed, the smaller nation became subordinate to the terms outlined.
- The team's individual goals became subordinate to the ultimate objective of winning the championship.
- He worried that his creative freedom would become subordinate to the demands of the investors.