as in submarine
a large sandwich on a long split roll
we shared a tuna sub at lunch
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as in substitute
a person or thing that takes the place of another
we had a sub in English today, so we didn't get our test results back
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as in to substitute
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only
the weekend anchor is subbing for the station's main anchor all this week she subbed for middle school teachers in the district as needed
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George Petras, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
Domestic streaming subs were down slightly from Q1 (52.4 million vs. 52.7 million), while international customers increased from 46.9 million to 50.8 million.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
The good news was that streaming perked up, with all of its DTC offerings between Max, HBO, and Discovery+ adding 3.6 million subscribers in the quarter for a total of 103.3 million subs.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024
The lawsuit also alleges the chilling detail that the crew would have been aware that the sub was about to implode.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
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The sub later left the Middle East and returned to its home port in Kings Bay, Georgia, in July after a 727-day deployment.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
Domestic streaming subs were down slightly from Q1 (52.4 million vs. 52.7 million), while international customers increased from 46.9 million to 50.8 million.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
The good news was that streaming perked up, with all of its DTC offerings between Max, HBO, and Discovery+ adding 3.6 million subscribers in the quarter for a total of 103.3 million subs.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024
The lawsuit also alleges the chilling detail that the crew would have been aware that the sub was about to implode.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Sub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sub. Accessed 21 Sep. 2024.
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