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Recent Examples of subcaste
Let Israel choose the words to describe permanent control over a subcaste of about five million civilians who lack rights and representation.
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Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
Hybrid work could even effectively create a subcaste of employees for those who choose to continue doing their jobs remotely, career experts warn.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 6 May 2021
India remains a largely conservative society where most people don’t marry outside their subcaste, let alone outside their faith.
—Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2020
Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
Hybrid work could even effectively create a subcaste of employees for those who choose to continue doing their jobs remotely, career experts warn.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 6 May 2021
India remains a largely conservative society where most people don’t marry outside their subcaste, let alone outside their faith.
—Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcaste
Noun
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Peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social markers of difference.—
Kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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But recently, a more swashbuckling caste had begun to infiltrate its stacks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The menace to competition, says Singh, comes at the infrastructure stratum.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
23 Nov. 2025
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All of it just another stratum in the atmosphere of my loneliness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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“Subcaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcaste. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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