as in component
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of subcomponent
The funding goes to 10 subcomponents in the agency, but the vast majority of it goes to just one: the Office of Federal Student Aid, which received $179.65 billion in FY 2024.
—
Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
The report shall discuss whether the agency or any of its subcomponents should be eliminated or consolidated.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Currently testing reactor subcomponents; successful prototype in 2015 could lead to commercial reactor in 2020.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2014
To reach the overall fitness standard, students must reach the fitness standard for all four subcomponents.
—Evan Gorelick, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2024
Students taking the fitness assessment are evaluated across four subcomponents: upper body strength and endurance, abdominal muscle strength and endurance, aerobic endurance and flexibility.
—Evan Gorelick, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2024
The Export-Import Bank of the United States was at the bottom of the small agencies category while the Federal Bureau of Prisons, with a score of 38.1 out 100, was at the bottom of the subcomponents list.
—Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 20 May 2024
There was, however, a year-over-year decrease in all of the subcomponents of job satisfaction compared for both men and women.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 6 May 2024
None of the nine subcomponents of Valley National Bank’s $28.2 billion commercial real estate portfolio account for more than 25% of it.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
The report shall discuss whether the agency or any of its subcomponents should be eliminated or consolidated.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Currently testing reactor subcomponents; successful prototype in 2015 could lead to commercial reactor in 2020.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2014
To reach the overall fitness standard, students must reach the fitness standard for all four subcomponents.
—Evan Gorelick, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2024
Students taking the fitness assessment are evaluated across four subcomponents: upper body strength and endurance, abdominal muscle strength and endurance, aerobic endurance and flexibility.
—Evan Gorelick, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2024
The Export-Import Bank of the United States was at the bottom of the small agencies category while the Federal Bureau of Prisons, with a score of 38.1 out 100, was at the bottom of the subcomponents list.
—Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 20 May 2024
There was, however, a year-over-year decrease in all of the subcomponents of job satisfaction compared for both men and women.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 6 May 2024
None of the nine subcomponents of Valley National Bank’s $28.2 billion commercial real estate portfolio account for more than 25% of it.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcomponent
Noun
-
Vehicle parts are the bigger component of the tariff challenge.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2025
-
The housing for people who meet certain income limits is a component added with input from the community, the presentation says.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Thanks everyone for reading, and especially to all of you who argued your favorite team’s case in a way that made the comment section slightly less of a trainwreck than other comment sections.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
-
Instagram comment sections are flooded with hearts and flowers; the media memorializes a tragedy.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 Apr. 2025
-
Washington returned its portion of its $33 million settlement to its Medicaid Fraud Penalty Account.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
While the podcast segment saw the co-hosts poking fun at his views, the internet did not hold back in its response.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
23 Apr. 2025
-
Successful storytelling requires finding common ground between audience segments.—
Alison Temple,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
The less sunny news: the transportation and utilities sector lost 10,200 jobs, mostly from normal seasonal losses in transportation, warehousing and utilities.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2025
-
Yet her focus inevitably returned to Mexico, where a growing sector of society shared Cárdenas’s outrage at the PRI.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
It is recognized as the world’s most productive region for generating fine dust particles.—
Christophe Lavaysse,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Apr. 2025
-
The particles of baking soda are so small, they can get caught in the components and clog the vacuum.—
Amy Brightfield,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
These represent fragments of all the things that might currently be on your mind.—
Scott Mautz, Contributor,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
-
The restoration works enhanced the grotto’s surface and its rich and elaborate scheme, made of rustic, polychrome and multi-material mosaics featuring shells, glass pastes, semi-precious stones, stone fragments and mineral crusts.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Francis funeral less lavish but keeps some traditions Francis wanted a less opulent burial than is traditional for popes and made changes to the church's book on funeral rites, but some of the usual elements remain in place.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
-
For The 1st Time — At Lower Prices Fiction as a Loophole A notable element of the technique is its reliance on fictional scenarios to bypass filters.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Subcomponent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcomponent. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share