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sub-level

[ suhb-lev-uhl ]

/ ˈsʌbˌlɛv əl /

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noun Mining.

a drift, dug through ore, into which overlying material, especially from an upper layer of ore, is caved.

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Words nearby sub-level

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How to use sub-level in a sentence

If she got caught with a shank, they would up her custody level.
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However, the Air Force is so strapped for people that the ratio has dropped below even that reduced level.
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“The level of outside support… has not been sufficient enough for them to distance themselves from al Nusra,” Cafarella said.
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Occasionally, a level will take 20 or more strokes to complete.
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Summonses for low-level offenses like public drinking and urination fell 94 percent—from 4,831 to 300.
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"Here's my authority, yuh blasted runt," he yelled, and jerked his six-shooter to a level with the policeman's breast.
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Yet a child coming under the humanising influences of culture soon gets far away from the level of the savage.
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The height of the tower from the level of the street is 105 feet, the slated towers over the lateral pediments being smaller.
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We were about nine hours of fair daylight traversing 160 miles of level or descending grade, with a light passenger train.
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By its operation Gordon Wright, the most sensible man of our acquaintance, is reduced to the level of infancy!
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