as in submarines
a large sandwich on a long split roll
we shared a tuna sub at lunch
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as in substitutes
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 spells
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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Recent Examples of subs
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
Ampere predicted just under a third of the subs growth will come from APAC – numbering around 600 million people – a similar figure to North America.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
During the previous five-year period, North American subs more-than doubled whereas APAC subs were up 57%.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
With Wall Street turning on the streamers’ drive for subs over profit, Netflix changed course a couple of years ago and was followed by several others.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
Ampere predicted just under a third of the subs growth will come from APAC – numbering around 600 million people – a similar figure to North America.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
With Wall Street turning on the streamers’ drive for subs over profit, Netflix changed course a couple of years ago and was followed by several others.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
During the previous five-year period, North American subs more-than doubled whereas APAC subs were up 57%.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
Ampere predicted just under a third of the subs growth will come from APAC – numbering around 600 million people – a similar figure to North America.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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During the previous five-year period, North American subs more-than doubled whereas APAC subs were up 57%.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
Ampere predicted just under a third of the subs growth will come from APAC – numbering around 600 million people – a similar figure to North America.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
During the previous five-year period, North American subs more-than doubled whereas APAC subs were up 57%.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
With Wall Street turning on the streamers’ drive for subs over profit, Netflix changed course a couple of years ago and was followed by several others.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
Ampere predicted just under a third of the subs growth will come from APAC – numbering around 600 million people – a similar figure to North America.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
With Wall Street turning on the streamers’ drive for subs over profit, Netflix changed course a couple of years ago and was followed by several others.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
During the previous five-year period, North American subs more-than doubled whereas APAC subs were up 57%.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
Ampere predicted just under a third of the subs growth will come from APAC – numbering around 600 million people – a similar figure to North America.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Subs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subs. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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