noun
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another word for subscript
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an index to a subcategory
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The subindex for total new orders increased to 50.6 from 48.5 in July, while new export orders rebounded to 50.1 from 49.6 in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The banking subindex of the Stoxx 600 surges 6.1% compared with the wider index’s 3.5% gain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Cost pressures intensified significantly in March, with the input price subindex accelerating to its highest level since March 2022, according to RatingDog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Markets will also look to the subindex tracking service activity after it got a boost from the Lunar New Year holiday the prior month, and watch for signs of improvement in the construction subindex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
She thought to ask him if he knew the subindex of his “other” component, because 20 percent was pretty high, but if he didn’t know, the question would embarrass him.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
U.S. services-sector activity continued to rise in January, the second month in a row all four subindexes remained in expansion, a monthly survey said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
The manufacturing subindexes showed factory output rose at the fastest clip in 11 months while new orders including new exports expanded in May.
From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2023
Output and new orders extended their contraction for a sixth month in December, yet at slower paces than last month, the survey's subindexes showed.
From Reuters ● Jan. 4, 2023
To better understand a score, government and corporate observers can delve into the subindexes and indicators that show how it was weighted.
From Forbes ● Sep. 5, 2012
Nineteen of the 33 Topix subindexes were up, with the utilities sector down 3.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2011
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