subgenre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of subgenre
Example Sentences
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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
In revisiting his cherished alien subgenre for the fourth time with “Disclosure Day,” Spielberg returns to where his career started, scraping away the classic marks of extraterrestrial intrigue and replacing them with human counterpoints.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
This current boom of house reality mirrors some of the most popular reality TV of the ’90s and early 2000s, when the subgenre first found its audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
“We understand the script, we understand the plot, the subgenre and all of these other things,” Bidgoli said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 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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