subsection
noun
sub·sec·tion
ˈsəb-ˌsek-shən 
1
: a subdivision or a subordinate division of a section
2
: a subordinate part or branch
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Some 600 million Indians do not use the internet, and even a subsection of those people would represent a significant potential market.
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Pranav Baskar, New York Times, 18 July 2025
Our heroes have to protect Bob, one another, and a subsection of New York from Bob’s splintering mind.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
The application of subsections (B) and (C) of section 4053(8) does not pertain to off-road vehicles, the government explained.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
This gleeful and sneering reaction the United States’ stock market plummeting isn’t something everyone on social media is participating in, instead being a subsection.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Pranav Baskar, New York Times, 18 July 2025
Our heroes have to protect Bob, one another, and a subsection of New York from Bob’s splintering mind.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
The application of subsections (B) and (C) of section 4053(8) does not pertain to off-road vehicles, the government explained.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
This gleeful and sneering reaction the United States’ stock market plummeting isn’t something everyone on social media is participating in, instead being a subsection.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subsection
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“Subsection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsection. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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