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Now, investors can look up which banks are the largest lenders to so-called “business credit intermediaries”—a subcategory that includes lending to business-development companies, or BDCs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Every major subcategory, from such emerging market and high-yield bonds to Treasuries and bank loans, has generated positive returns.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
"It obviously depends on the subcategory you're looking at, but French cheese and wine producers will benefit," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
A notable similarity marks a subcategory of once woefully under-recognized female artists of the past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
Middlemen are a different story because most of them belong to the active subcategory.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel
The worst performance for the economic populist messaging came on the topic of crime, in which most of the target voter subcategories preferred the conventional centrist messaging.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
This is where UPF subcategories and better nutrition education could be helpful.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
Moreover, “Casey’s has benefited from its highest-margin subcategories also being its fastest-growing.”
From Barron's ● Dec. 4, 2025
The preterm births were categorized into gestational age subcategories: 24-27 weeks, 28-31 weeks, 32-33 weeks and 34-36 weeks and compared with the full-term births, 37-41 weeks.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
“Uncle Woody also checked out every single book from the five hundreds room about squirrels—all three subcategories under 599.36 for Sciuridae.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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