subgroups

Definition of subgroupsnext
plural of subgroup

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Noun
  • Late Thursday night the Taliban’s military launched attacks on Pakistani positions along some sections of their porous and disputed border that wends 1,600 miles through rugged mountains and desert.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
  • In podcasts, internet-comment sections, the replies to his viral Instagram videos, and stories from his friends and colleagues, Fleming is described as a Muppet, a fairy, a prophet, a cartoon.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The highway department will strategically apply salt to intersections, hills, bridges and curbs in subdivisions, but aim for conserving on other stretches of subdivision roads.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • According to the city’s ordinances, streets in subdivisions have to be extended for other subdivision development.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Glossy nails of all varieties are a speciality of Bachik, who gave Gomez the viral lip gloss manicure in 2023 (Jennifer Lopez was a fan of the look, too).
    Maria Goldbach, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Retrogradation works better with some grain varieties than others.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • His unapologetic calls for a progressive economic agenda and more inclusive policies for all racial groups, religions, genders and orientations laid the groundwork for the progressive movement within the Democratic Party.
    MATT BROWN, Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Our Local Group — like all galaxy groups and galaxy clusters — will experience this, eventually creating a super-galaxy known as Milkdromeda.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This is a twisted travelogue of sorts, each chapter devoted to a circle of hell populated by one group of sports gambling’s myriad losers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The last remaining processor, with plants in Lodi and Oroville, has offered one-year contracts to buy fruit from some of the orchards tied to canceled Del Monte contracts, granting a lifeline of sorts to some of the out-of-luck farmers.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The play spoke eloquently to its own time but continued to provoke and inform in subsequent generations.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Katy Banks can trace her flourishing Arlington, Virginia garden of over 400 rosebushes back to a single bucket of blooms that was a gift from her grandmother, who was the first in her family’s three generations of rose growers.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In addition, winds are blowing branches onto power lines and into the roads.
    Matt Schooley, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The State of the Union marks one of the rare times all branches of government are under the same roof.
    Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The film picked up two Academy Award nominations, for Wiig and Mumolo's screenplay, and for McCarthy's supporting performance, but lost in both categories.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Prizes will be handed out for Most Original Float, Best Team Theme and other categories.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Subgroups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subgroups. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.

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