subsection
Americannoun
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subsections
plural
verb (used with object)
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of subsection
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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
There’s a subsection of A-Listers in L.A. — true film nerds — who attend AMC showings frequently but also patronize local independent theaters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025
Within the greater world of TikTok is #FoodTok, a niche subsection dedicated to all things related to food.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2023
The fourth subsection covers issues having to do with excessive abstraction, including overuse of nominalizations and passives.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Potential jurors answer a basic set of 42 questions, many with subsections, and then lawyers quiz them directly.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
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
The subsections are asked to telegraph the approximate number of those on whom they can rely.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Henry Baerlein
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