Examples of subheading in a Sentence
The newspaper headline read “House burns down on Elm Street” with the subheading “Arson suspected.”
You can find the chart in the “Financial Matters” chapter under the subheading “Mortgages and Loans.”
Recent Examples on the Web
The article's headline was updated and a subheading added.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Leopard is Seal Don’t be confused by this subheading — a leopard is definitely a different animal to a seal.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2024
Incumbents are listed in the bolded subheading alongside their district number.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2024
The subheading on that book is A Biomythography by Audre Lorde.
—Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
Click on any of their articles, which are short and organized by bullet points with bold subheadings.
—April Rudin, Forbes, 17 July 2023
In other indexes to large editions, the entries for the central characters often degenerate simply into long lists of subheadings, each followed by an offputtingly long run of page numbers.
—Lauren Kane, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2023
The bottom line is that, for this subheading, Betteridge's law definitely applies.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2022
That is the subheading.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Aug. 2022
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Leopard is Seal Don’t be confused by this subheading — a leopard is definitely a different animal to a seal.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2024
Incumbents are listed in the bolded subheading alongside their district number.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2024
The subheading on that book is A Biomythography by Audre Lorde.
—Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
Click on any of their articles, which are short and organized by bullet points with bold subheadings.
—April Rudin, Forbes, 17 July 2023
In other indexes to large editions, the entries for the central characters often degenerate simply into long lists of subheadings, each followed by an offputtingly long run of page numbers.
—Lauren Kane, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2023
The bottom line is that, for this subheading, Betteridge's law definitely applies.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2022
That is the subheading.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Aug. 2022
Dictionary Entries Near subheading
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“Subheading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subheading. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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subheading
noun
sub·head·ing
ˈsəb-ˌhed-iŋ 
: subhead
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