1The company's management structure includes several subordinate departments that report directly to the CEO.
2In a complex sentence, a subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
3The new policy aims to reduce the number of subordinate roles in the organization and promote more autonomous decision-making.
4The manager's subordinate staff members were responsible for implementing the new project plan.
5In a hierarchical system, each subordinate unit is accountable to the unit above it in the chain of command.