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plural of sub

as in submarines

a large sandwich on a long split roll we shared a tuna sub at lunch

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plural of sub

as in substitutes

a person or thing that takes the place of another we had a sub in English today, so we didn't get our test results back

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sub

as in spells

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only the weekend anchor is subbing for the station's main anchor all this week she subbed for middle school teachers in the district as needed

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Autonomous task forces of drones could be assigned to defend against specific threats — Russian subs sneaking into the Atlantic Ocean, say, or a possible amphibious landing on Taiwan. —

Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026 No vet days, no breather subs late in a game. —

Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026 After one match against Wolverhampton Wanderers in December 2021, when City had won 1-0 but had played sloppily in the final minutes, Guardiola bellowed at the subs and youth teamers who had not actually contributed. —

Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 May 2026 Before heading home, stop at White House Subs, a local institution of oversized Italian subs. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2026 Sans Yeboah, who has posted eight goals in 1,193 minutes, the Loons’ first called on reserve forward Momo Dieng to start and then brought on subs Mauricio Gonzalez and Marcus Caldeira, who made his MLS debut. —

Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026 Last year, meanwhile, 70% of viewing on Netflix came from subs watching a title from a country other than their own, the report added. —

Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2026 By the way, how about the prices of subs these days. —

Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 At the end of 2025, Peacock had 44 million subs. —

Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026

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With the Hai Kun nearing delivery, the modernization of the Chien Lung-class submarines nearing completion, and advanced torpedoes scheduled to arrive next year, Taiwan’s navy is steadily expanding its undersea warfare capabilities and strengthening its maritime deterrence posture.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
Russia’s Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research has developed specialist submarines for such surveillance missions, according to previous CNN reporting.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 31 May 2026