sub
Example Sentences
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Kempy convinced me to put Ricardo down as a sub, and not to have any contact with him until Monday, after the game.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 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
Restorers also discovered a sophisticated set of gears on the crank in the tube that enabled the crew rotating the crank to propel the sub faster by moving water rapidly through the tube.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.