sub

Example Sentences

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All those moving parts for a player who only made it onto the park as a sub fielder while Australia were still mathematically alive, with Smith powerless to stop Sri Lanka and Pathum Nissanka's charge.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

The model is only available to users paying at least $20 a month, who must select it in a sub menu for each new chat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 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

When they open them, a seascape galaxy of stars appears -- the bluish-white flashes of creatures from plankton and jellyfish to shrimp and fish responding to the sub lights.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Nihil sub sole novum, I thought as I walked back down the hall to my room.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt