The best replacement for subquery is join.

The best alternatives to subquery are rated as following:
★★★★★  join
★★★  temp table
★★★  cte
★★★  inner join
★★  join performance
★★  correlated subquery
★★  join oracle
★  left join
★  derived table
★  nested query
★  join sql server
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★  inline view
★  outer join
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Speaking about subquery, one probably shouldn't forget about exists.

Other search terms related to subquery and their ratings are:
★★★★★ exists
★★★★ group by
★★ multiple rows
★★ join
★ update
★ in clause
★ aggregate function
★ max
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