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

The ships and sub all survey surrounding waters using their sonar arrays, supplemented by signals from sonar buoys that they and aircraft drop nearby.

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

The Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship, but it was not the first sub to be used in wartime, nor was it the first to attack an enemy vessel.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler