subgroup

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Recent Examples of subgroup Eli was born in 1979 and raised in rural Ohio as part of Andy Weaver Amish, a conservative subgroup of Old Order Amish. Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025 But Shaheed-Young said Indianapolis should have its own framework that considers student subgroup performance, given the diversity of student enrollment in IPS and charters. Amelia Pak-Harvey, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025 In 1946-47, the Ruoccos played a pivotal role in founding a multidisciplinary artists’ organization called the Allied Artists Council, a subgroup of which, the Allied Craftsmen, has a vibrant membership and active presence in the community after nearly 80 years. Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025 As Rolling Stone detailed in 2021, that year nearly one in six LASD deputies surveyed said they had been invited to join an illicit subgroup. Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subgroup
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Noun
  • On Thursday afternoon, the elderly driver first hit a bicyclist, then continued for about a block before crashing her 2023 Mercedes Benz C class into the bakery section of the grocery store, trapping multiple people beneath her car, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • That section amounts to only a fraction of the overall plan, which also includes nearly 20,000 acres in Osceola County.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Several zebra species and giraffe subspecies are native to Kenya.
    Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Washington moose belong to a subspecies called Shiras moose.
    Vonnai Phair, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • The Edgewater Stormwater Project replaces a culvert under the old railroad north of the Edgewater subdivision.
    Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Saturday, in a subdivision near the intersection of Jerimoth and Cuddington drives in east Charlotte.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • What makes a subclass meaningful to you?
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Anthocyanins are a type of flavonoid (a subclass of polyphenols) that act as powerful antioxidants and give fruits and vegetables their red, purple, and blue colors.
    Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Does the sheer frequency with which this is happening suggest that ignoring court orders has become an ICE policy of sorts?
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Huffman and Wambsganss largely treated the first election as a Republican primary of sort, where the two GOP candidates engaged in a heated race.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • What a great variety of stories and advertising.
    Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Davies’s direction reflects the variety of threads on which the movie’s subjectivity is based; one of the film’s most striking scenes occurs in the brothers’ absence.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Officers learned that a group known to each other got into an altercation resulting from an ongoing dispute, the police said.
    Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Al Hilal impressed at the Club World Cup, drawing 1-1 with Madrid while going unbeaten in the group stage and then knocking out Manchester City 4-3 in the round of 16.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Chris Elliott as Roland Schitt Chris Elliott, known for There's Something About Mary, Groundhog Day and Saturday Night Live, starred as Roland Schitt, the fourth-generation mayor and namesake of Schitt's Creek.
    Ilana Frost, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The comic actress was an Emmy Award winner and a beloved entertainer across generations.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026

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“Subgroup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subgroup. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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