secondary role
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A supporting or less significant part to play in a situation.
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- In the new company structure, his position was reduced to a secondary role.
- Environmental protection should not be relegated to a secondary role in policy-making.
- She preferred to play a secondary role in the team, supporting the main efforts.
- Although crucial, the technical support staff often takes on a secondary role during presentations.
- Historically, women were often confined to a secondary role in many societies.
- His character had a secondary role in the film, but was still very memorable.
- The budget for marketing played a secondary role compared to product development.
- During the crisis, individual preferences took a secondary role to collective action.
- He was content with a secondary role, letting his partner take the lead.
- The instrument's sound often plays a secondary role to the vocals in pop music.