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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The subsections, the themes, there are about a dozen of them.
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Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
It was also raised in 2023 and made its way to the Subcommittee on Social Security, which is a subsection of the House Ways and Means Committee, before halting.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
One laundry list of Interior Department tweaks had six subsections numbered as Part One.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
One of them is the same subsection of code precisely that Fisher is challenging.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
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Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
It was also raised in 2023 and made its way to the Subcommittee on Social Security, which is a subsection of the House Ways and Means Committee, before halting.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
One laundry list of Interior Department tweaks had six subsections numbered as Part One.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
One of them is the same subsection of code precisely that Fisher is challenging.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Subsection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsection. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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