subclass
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"This is the first time we have gathered enough systems to truly understand this subclass that we call extreme debris disks," said Su, lead author of the paper.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Justice Sonia Sotomayor further questioned during that oral argument what percentage of the population a subclass accounts for would make it meaningful.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
“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
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
Indention does not indicate superiority or inferiority, but merely that the title and the definition of the indented subclass must be read with the title and definition of the subclass under which it is indented.
From The Classification of Patents by United States Patent Office
