sector
noun
a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
subsector
-
a word derived from
sector.
Example Sentences
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Regarding artificial intelligence, Slok notes that adoption rates are flattening out and that, outside of this tech subsector, U.S. corporate capital expenditures are not growing at all.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
Semiconductors, a tech subsector, do meet bubble criteria, with a five-year return of 470%, but this is half of the 900% level it reached in March 2000.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
There’s a bustling subsector of the movie industry servicing those boutique formats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
It was the best reading since October 2019, with respondents in the information and communications subsector among the most optimistic.
From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2022
The Berks, who first held the left subsector, had an uneventful tour.
From The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry by Geoffrey Keith Rose
