The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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These Super Glue subversives have been derided as publicity-seeking Philistines and hailed as martyrs for a vital cause.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022
Others said they were former or current members, but even so, it did not make them antigovernment subversives.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2020
A mission to find subversives within San Francisco’s Chinese community has far-reaching consequences for an FBI agent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2020
Americans worked themselves into a tizzy over the putative threat posed by small numbers of homegrown subversives.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2018
"McCarthyism" became a catchphrase for the hunt for communist subversives, a frenzy that would engulf the United States for the rest of the 1950s.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
