subgenre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of subgenre
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Still, the cumbia villera of her childhood — a heavily synthesized subgenre born in the outskirts of Buenos Aires in the late 1990s — runs through everything she makes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
A popular subgenre of the social-media posts are new mothers discussing their hefty birth bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Playing a fast style mixed with Lant's dark imagery and lyrics, the album gave its name to an entire subgenre and influenced bands on both sides of the Atlantic.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The louche but witty “Murder at the Hotel Orient” seems to occupy a subgenre all its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
And there is a whole subgenre of ancestor research—sons and daughters flying to New York clutching scrapbooks, tracking down letters of indenture, photographs, birth certificates.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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