How to Use subclass in a Sentence

subclass

noun
  • Anthocyanins are a subclass of the polyphenols that give the apple peel much of its red color.
    Janet Colson, Fortune Well, 11 Aug. 2023
  • For example, a Wizard subclass gives access to bows and a number of the Druid-theme spells.
    Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2021
  • To access your subclass settings, go into the menu at the top left of your character menu.
    Boone Ashworth, Wired, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Anatomy Like rays and skates, sharks fall into a subclass of fish called elasmobranchii.
    National Geographic, 22 July 2019
  • And some number of those should be excited that the game is finally bringing a new subclass out for the first time since launch, the Glaivier.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Lastly, the complaint includes a subclass of plaintiffs seeking damages for the use of their NIL in broadcast deals.
    Thomas Baker, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • These cells do not go after pathogens directly, but a subclass of them seek out infected cells and destroy them.
    Monique Brouillette, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2021
  • And it’s a female-only subclass, given that Lost Ark weirdly divides most of these up by gender.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • This new Strand subclass will also pair with three new exotic armor pieces.
    Tom Warren, The Verge, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The new analysis is by no means a comprehensive survey of the whole subclass' diet.
    Katherine Harmon, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2011
  • Before its placement onto the Endangered Species List in 2003, little was known about the elasmobranch, a subclass of fish comprised of sharks, rays, and skates.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Apr. 2021
  • How these operate varies depending on your class and subclass.
    Boone Ashworth, Wired, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Gearbox had to invent an entirely new subclass (Iron Cub) just to give players a reason to step out of Iron Bear every so often.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • Not sure on if this means no subclass interactions like Sunshot with Solar.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
  • But the key components are simply the subclass tree, the separated melee bindings, Wormgod and the shotgun.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • But the ancient Romans had their own versions, garum and liquamen (which may have been synonyms or distinct types or one a subclass of the other; scholars differ).
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The exploit spotted by Segura is a common subclass of browser lock attacks.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 5 Nov. 2019
  • That reflects the long-running theory that the next subclass would probably use a green color, given the existing palette so far.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The post-Atkins decade saw the rise of good fats, a nonscientific subclass of fats that includes the unsaturated fats in avocado, fish, and coconut oil.
    Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, 20 Dec. 2018
  • Fernet: This whole article is about Fernet Branca, which is the first and most popular of the Fernets, a subclass of amari distinguished by a mint-menthol character.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2021
  • But, with its ever-expanding system of subclasses and legroom fees, is there any better symbol of our self-sorting tendencies?
    Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
  • Absent that, the court would be unable to ascertain the members of the political subclass of applicants on whose behalf plaintiffs are seeking relief.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2019
  • USS Independence, the lead vessel in the trimaran subclass, will decommission in July.
    David Axe, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • In a game prided for its movement and gunplay, an entire subclass based around having your movement frozen completely, slowed or your accuracy turned to garbage is not enjoyable.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
  • There are now four different elemental armor types, and elemental weapon types have now become a lot more important, due to changes made to type matching with your subclass.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021
  • They were instead categorized as an impoverished subclass of the Han majority, and the government began to move them onshore and put their children in schools.
    Chris Buckley and Adam Wu, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2017
  • These risks only present themselves with a specific subclass of algorithms, according to Cohen.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The game has also moved toward making elemental affinity on weapons more important, given the rise of elemental well builds and the rework of many exotics to require weapons that match your subclass type.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The district court granted certification to two subclasses but denied the remaining three.
    Fatima Hussein, Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2017
  • Destiny 1 launched with only two subclasses before eventually opening a third one up via expansions.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2017

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