Example Sentences

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The Prodigy was the embodiment of a subcultural band that got huge.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

Worldwide, members of this association refer to themselves as “brothers” practicing their subcultural way of life.

From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2023

So-called boyfriend jeans have always been around, as have niche subcultural offerings like raver pants.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2021

Now new subcultural types distinctive enough to be intelligible to adults have emerged, in large part via trend superconductor TikTok.

From The Guardian • Dec. 4, 2019

The story of the Hacker Crackdown, as we have followed it thus far, has been technological, subcultural, criminal and legal.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce