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Recent Examples of subcomponent
Break the instructions into relatively distinguishable sections or subcomponents.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The bill also includes strict provisions excluding projects that use any Chinese components, minerals or subcomponents for projects that start construction after the end of this year.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 23 May 2025
However, that assumes subcomponents, like cameras, are still partly assembled outside the U.S.
To put that into context, the base model for iPhone 16 Pro Max costs $1,199 to buy outright, with $125.90 added in local taxes in Louisiana, for instance.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 22 May 2025
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
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The bill also includes strict provisions excluding projects that use any Chinese components, minerals or subcomponents for projects that start construction after the end of this year.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 23 May 2025
However, that assumes subcomponents, like cameras, are still partly assembled outside the U.S.
To put that into context, the base model for iPhone 16 Pro Max costs $1,199 to buy outright, with $125.90 added in local taxes in Louisiana, for instance.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 22 May 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcomponent
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Eckhardt’s commentaries on God and scripture are dense and recursive, breaking ideas into component parts, placing them onto higher and lower planes, making hierarchies and triads out of them until eventually becoming something like an investigation into being and nothingness themselves.—
Jon Raymond
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Be careful to navigate around these components and move slowly when cutting anything with a mix of hard and soft textures, Rade Vukmir, MD, professor of clinical emergency medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, tells SELF.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Your headline is the most important of all profile sections for search optimization.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The bacteria was in water in a small section of the city water system near Monroe Fire Department Station 4 at 3907 Old Charlotte Highway, the city news release said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Bronco Fire was burning on the eastern portion of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.—
Julie Mendes,
AZCentral.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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This isn’t just some rustic detour on the Euro portion of this wine road trip.—
John Noakes,
Hartford Courant,
12 Aug. 2025
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The Trump administration has faced weeks of furor from some segments of the president’s political base, which have demanded public disclosure of files related to Epstein.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The segment operates at the intersection of multiple secular growth trends, including smart living, sustainability, and home automation.—
Joe Cornell,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, healthcare organizations took an average of 279 days to identify and contain breaches, more than five weeks longer than the global average across all sectors.—
Arun Shrestha,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Maribeth Rahe Over the course of her robust career, Maribeth Rahe has made her mark among the executive women forging ahead in the financial sector.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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This special light is the reflection of sunlight off particles and dust in the solar system.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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However, O'Connor says your curtains and drapes still collect dust, pet dander, cooking odors, and other airborne particles that can affect indoor air quality.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
15 Aug. 2025
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Two algorithms then went to work: one assembling the fragments into complete molecular structures, the other predicting which of those structures would pack the strongest antibacterial punch.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Aug. 2025
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For me, the early hours offer clarity before the day fragments.—
Marian Evans,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Creating Demi was not as simple as halving each element.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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On the other hand, cooking methods like baking, boiling, and mashing don’t usually add these elements.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Subcomponent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcomponent. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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