subsection
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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"I'm not campaigning for death. I'm campaigning to be seen as not a subsection of human," she said.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
In a 2019 corporate sustainability report from Carlyle, Rana was featured as a mentee of a senior Black executive under a subsection called “Leading By Example in ESG Practices.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
I’m sure if I looked hard enough, I could find some subsection of the dinosaur community where people are spatting over science or fighting about feathers and scales.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
“It’s not some obscure subsection of a complicated, obscure law. They knew about it. Everybody in this field knew about it.”
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2024
The first subsection introduces the concept of “metadiscourse,” followed by one of its principal manifestations, the use of signposting.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Once relegated to small subsections of U.S. book and video rental stores, manga tales and anime are becoming key to retaining and attracting customers on streaming services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
In individual chapters, subsections explain the many ways to approach an introductory topic such as multiplication.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023
Bailey’s order was a dense, 11-page document with a dozen subsections and nearly 40 footnotes.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023
A more interesting statistic, though, is found in one of the subsections of the survey.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2023
Epis., his Anatomy of Wit, in four sections, members, subsections, &c., to be read in our libraries.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
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