subclass
Example Sentences
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“Call you outcast, low down, you can’t make it, you’re nothing, you’re from nobody, subclass, underclass; when you see Jesse Jackson, when my name goes in nomination, your name goes in nomination.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
The results, published in Cell Reports Medicine on Feb. 23, suggested that this "gene signature" could be used to identify a subclass of lung tumors that is more likely to be eradicated by immunotherapies.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2024
Anthocyanins are a subclass of the polyphenols that give the apple peel much of its red color.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2023
Obviously, then, we will find ourselves not in a “typical” lifeless universe, but in a “special” member of the multiverse—one belonging to that subclass of universes that allow life to emerge and evolve.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 19, 2023
"Search notes" are addenda to class and subclass definitions comparing other classes and subclasses with the one defined and giving directions for search when necessary to prosecute search beyond the defined class or subclass.
From The Classification of Patents by United States Patent Office
