How to Use subgroup in a Sentence

subgroup

noun
  • The third is when two subgroups in a team are at odds (20-25%).
    Randall S. Peterson, priti Pradhan Shah, amanda J. Ferguson, stephen L. Jones, Harvard Business Review, 7 May 2024
  • That edge flips to Lake among the subgroup of those certain to vote: 45% Hobbs vs. 46% Lake.
    Victoria Balara, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Novichok and Sarin are among a subgroup known as nerve agents.
    Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • So many doctors tried to join the new subgroup that Facebook’s click-to-join code broke.
    Michael Smith, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Regulators cleared the use of the initial half-dose for the subgroup of the trial.
    Jenny Strasburg, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2020
  • All of them, though, are within the margins of error for those subgroups.
    Philip Bump, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • It’s not just one section or one subgroup of people for this cause.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2021
  • That's going to come at the expense of certain subgroups, sure.
    SI.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The task force will continue meeting over the next year as a whole and in smaller subgroups.
    Dana Ferguson, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Certain subgroups, certain ages, certain screens—there was connection some of the time, but not all the time, and not across the board.
    Matt Villano, CNN, 19 June 2024
  • Mansourasaurus was a Titanosaur, a subgroup of the long-necked plant-eating sauropods that roamed the Cretaceous.
    Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 1 Feb. 2018
  • In China, the Hmong people are classified as a subgroup of the Miao people.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Suoga, home to a subgroup of Miao who make elaborate wigs from the hair of their ancestors, is a two-hour drive south of the city.
    Zandie Brockett, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2018
  • But the poll also shows that the numbers are different among subgroups.
    Michelle Hackman, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
  • But among the many New Yorkers who know Mr. Deshmukh only a bit, there is a subgroup of people who know him a bit more.
    Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • In any case, De Leon did not surpass the 30 percent threshold in any of those voter subgroups.
    Jeff McDonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 June 2018
  • But those two subgroups of the rich, powerful and famous Astros fans won't be the only famous names and faces in the park.
    Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The gender subgroup is composed of Males and Females, each with their own column.
    oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2022
  • By age and gender, Trump falls into the subgroup of people whose immune system may not be able to fend off the virus.
    Gina Kolata and Apoorva Mandavilli, Star Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Neosauropods are a subgroup of sauropods—all members of these groups had traits like thick, column-like legs, lengthy necks, small heads, and grew to massive sizes.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2018
  • The sanctions targeted what is known as the Lazarus Group and two subgroups dubbed Bluenoroff and Andariel.
    Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Prosecutors say the men are members of a group called the Boogaloo Bois, a faction of a subgroup known as the Boojahideen.
    Vandana Rambaran, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2020
  • By age and gender, Mr. Trump falls into the subgroup of people whose immune system may not be able to fend off the virus on its own.
    Gina Kolata, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Despite the disparity in views among the subgroups, there was at least some room for agreement.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
  • To qualify, the schoolwide performance scored in the top 15% in the state and in the top 40% for each subgroup of students in all three testing areas.
    Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The small subgroup of independents favor Barnes by two-to-one.
    Dana Blanton | Fox News, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2022
  • That said, about 20 percent of you may be a member of that quick-to-itch subgroup for several reasons.
    Michael Roizen, M.d., and Mehmet Oz, Houston Chronicle, 24 June 2018
  • Any component of the OPRF campus that did not fall under the first three groups was studied as part of the whole building subgroup.
    Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • As in any survey, error margins are larger for subgroups.
    Gary Langer, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For example, the even integers form a subgroup within the integers.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024

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