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subculture

[suhb-kuhl-cher, suhb-kuhl-cher] / sʌbˈkʌl tʃər, ˈsʌbˌkʌl tʃər /


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A subculture of people obsessed with reaping rewards is prompting banks to adjust to their evolving tactics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

To judge from the lines of young, very devoted fans snaking around the cemetery, Geese has already built the requisite subculture to thrive longer-term.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

And in a just world, that’s where this would have started and ended: Cramer living in the boundaries of his fun, space-loving subculture, meditating in the Martian desert landscapes of Sedona, not hurting anyone.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

The mega-wealthy live in their own parallel societies and subculture — “Richistan” — where this becomes the norm.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

A new subculture was born, composed of the millions of people who now devoted every free moment of their lives to searching for Halliday’s egg.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

It is a mosaic of subcultures: fishermen in coastal towns, hipsters in Portland, hippies in Eugene, hikers in Bend, farmers in the Willamette Valley, loggers in timber towns and cowboys in Eastern Oregon’s high desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

If I were on patrol to figure out where online subcultures were diverging from political reality, I’d start there.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

His content, and that of similar influencers, has brought looksmaxxing out of niche underground subcultures and made it more mainstream.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

As a kid growing up in Beverly Hills with an itch for L.A.’s subcultures, the Alchemist spent the ‘80s and ‘90s break-dancing, doing graffiti, skateboarding and rapping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

He was all of those things, a bizarre cross-pollination of subcultures possible only in South Florida.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs


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