subgroup
noun
sub·group
ˈsəb-ˌgrüp 
1
: a subordinate group whose members usually share some common differential quality
2
: a subset of a mathematical group that is itself a group
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This survey of 1,507 residents was fielded from July 24 to Oct. 15, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points, and higher margins for questions among subgroups.
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Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
The Vietnamese are the largest subgroup, at almost two hundred thousand, the largest population of Vietnamese people outside Vietnam.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Officials said removing the race adjustments will speed up diagnoses for Black patients with chronic kidney disease, Black and Asian patients with lung disease and pregnant Black people, among other subgroups.
—Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
Even if a poll has an unlikely finding at the subgroup level, that doesn't mean its overall topline finding will be wrong.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2024
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Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
The Vietnamese are the largest subgroup, at almost two hundred thousand, the largest population of Vietnamese people outside Vietnam.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Officials said removing the race adjustments will speed up diagnoses for Black patients with chronic kidney disease, Black and Asian patients with lung disease and pregnant Black people, among other subgroups.
—Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
Even if a poll has an unlikely finding at the subgroup level, that doesn't mean its overall topline finding will be wrong.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2024
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subgroup
noun
sub·group
ˈsəb-ˌgrüp
: a group whose members usually share some common quality that makes them different from the other members of a larger group to which they belong
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