sub
Example Sentences
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The health department's handling of sub national planning has been a disaster.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
One sub plays the quarry and the other helps hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
“While the headline index is still at a level that historically has been consistent with weak sub 2% growth, growth has been stronger than implied by the index for the past three years.”
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
You can go maximalist — an Alison Roman–style ham party, complete with pickled vegetables, fancy mustard and crusty bread — or you can go blissfully minimal with a giant sub sliced into generous hunks.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026
Victoria was a Buchanan and would never duck into a sub shop, much less choke to death in a single episode.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.