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Recent Examples of second fiddle
My connoisseurship plays second fiddle to my status as a member of the clan.
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Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
The religion of college football is strong in the South, and everything else just plays second fiddle.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
Bicycle tail lights have a way of playing second fiddle to their brighter, more interesting headlight siblings.
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Ben Coxworth
may 15,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
Colleen Camp, on the other hand, demonstrates a flair for light comedy as an alluring French maid, though the role too often requires her to play second fiddle to her own enhanced bosom.
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Kirk Ellis,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for second fiddle
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
The religion of college football is strong in the South, and everything else just plays second fiddle.
—
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
Bicycle tail lights have a way of playing second fiddle to their brighter, more interesting headlight siblings.
—
Ben Coxworth
may 15,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
Colleen Camp, on the other hand, demonstrates a flair for light comedy as an alluring French maid, though the role too often requires her to play second fiddle to her own enhanced bosom.
—
Kirk Ellis,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second fiddle
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In Saturday’s 79-76 victory over the Nets, Acuff scored 25 points and Clifford hit a game-winning 3-pointer with five seconds remaining.
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Bellingham scored two goals 98 seconds apart in the first half, and six minutes after Jarell Quansah was sent off, Kane converted a penalty to restore England’s two-goal lead.
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Bollo, the son of a domestic worker and a line cook, said he’s applied to work as a teaching assistant and graduate researcher, which would waive the cost of his tuition.
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How — and to what extent — AI might reshape her profession remains to be seen, but jobs for administrative assistants and secretaries have been dwindling for decades.
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The Real Cost of Waiting Only one in four adults who could benefit from a hearing aid has ever used one, and the average person waits nine years after a diagnosis before doing anything about it.
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Most people who could benefit from a hearing aid have never used one.
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Some aides were pushing him to run for president in 2016 instead.
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As aides at the Capitol were actively building a stage for the celebratory event, meant to communicate a big cost-of-living win to voters, the president abruptly canceled it.
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Travis Medema, chief deputy for the Oregon State Fire Marshall, said his office will use FireSat to plan escape routes and monitor fires.
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With the help of a family friend, a retired deputy sheriff, Robinson’s parents persuaded him to surrender to authorities, according to charging documents.
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But that hasn’t stopped out-of-state reenactors from worrying their muskets will be confiscated at the George Washington Bridge, says Justin Costantino, adjutant of the Long Island Companies of the 3rd New York Regiment.
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In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.
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“Second fiddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second%20fiddle. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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