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subculture

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


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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

Burke, 33, herself became internet famous when she started posting TikToks about the tradwife movement, a subculture that has ignited feminists and earned praise from religious conservatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

At that time, I found this subculture fascinating, peculiar, sometimes repulsive and sometimes silly.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

Paulie Porcini was part of the subculture of mushroom hunters who travel up and down the West Coast.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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

On social media, where niche means everything, successfully melding multiple subcultures into content creation can be tricky, but Ashley Herrera has done it with style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 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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