subsumed; subsuming
: to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
red, green, and yellow are subsumed under the term "color"
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Examples of subsume in a Sentence
games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of “recreation”
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Popular on Variety All of this works like a charm, but as the film goes on, it’s slowly subsumed by a larger tale in the background, unfolding in the form of oblique 1950s flashbacks and opaque references to decades-old blood feuds.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2024
But those hopes dimmed as the protests fizzled out, subsumed by a wave of arrests and mass repression.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 14 May 2024
Tensions will persist This does not mean, however, that the tensions between liberal and conservative factions are destined to just disappear, subsumed in some sweeping conservative victory.
—Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
Each of those records was subsumed in its respective world, and Lipa slots neatly next to them with a vision of her own.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 May 2024
Unlike a collection, which subsumes parts in a whole, a list yearns with each entry, honoring its disparate items.
—Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 21 Mar. 2024
Fresh off slugging his second home run of the spring a few hours earlier, the doubts that had subsumed his offseason had fully subsided.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
More often than not in the history of the entertainment business, successful independent companies have eventually been subsumed by the behemoths that dominated the industry.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
At times, the taut drama on the court was subsumed by the spectacle off it.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2024
But those hopes dimmed as the protests fizzled out, subsumed by a wave of arrests and mass repression.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 14 May 2024
Tensions will persist This does not mean, however, that the tensions between liberal and conservative factions are destined to just disappear, subsumed in some sweeping conservative victory.
—Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
Each of those records was subsumed in its respective world, and Lipa slots neatly next to them with a vision of her own.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 May 2024
Unlike a collection, which subsumes parts in a whole, a list yearns with each entry, honoring its disparate items.
—Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 21 Mar. 2024
Fresh off slugging his second home run of the spring a few hours earlier, the doubts that had subsumed his offseason had fully subsided.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
More often than not in the history of the entertainment business, successful independent companies have eventually been subsumed by the behemoths that dominated the industry.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
At times, the taut drama on the court was subsumed by the spectacle off it.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Subsume.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsume. Accessed 24 May. 2024.
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subsume
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sub·sume
səb-ˈsüm 
subsumed; subsuming
: to include or place within something larger or more general
red and green are subsumed under the term "color"
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