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Recent Examples of subcaste
Let Israel choose the words to describe permanent control over a subcaste of about five million civilians who lack rights and representation.
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Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
Hybrid work could even effectively create a subcaste of employees for those who choose to continue doing their jobs remotely, career experts warn.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 6 May 2021
India remains a largely conservative society where most people don’t marry outside their subcaste, let alone outside their faith.
—Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2020
Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
Hybrid work could even effectively create a subcaste of employees for those who choose to continue doing their jobs remotely, career experts warn.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 6 May 2021
India remains a largely conservative society where most people don’t marry outside their subcaste, let alone outside their faith.
—Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcaste
Noun
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The people who live in these slums are at the bottom rung of India’s brutal caste and religious hierarchy.—
Saumya Roy,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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Key themes include politics, colonialism, technology, issues of caste and gender, and Nature as a driving force; young bilingual writers like Soham Guha are playing with such themes in two languages.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The menace to competition, says Singh, comes at the infrastructure stratum.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
23 Nov. 2025
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All of it just another stratum in the atmosphere of my loneliness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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“Subcaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcaste. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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