Examples of subset in a Sentence
The set {1,2,3} is a subset of the set {1,2,3,4,5}.
Only a small subset of the patients in the study experienced these side effects.
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Instead, the authors ran an analysis on a subset of the group after the first five years to see whether their diets had changed.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
Despite the rough career start and regular criticism by the media, Sanders has earned the favor of a subset of Pro Bowl voters.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Under Par’s old leadership, that company’s own premium brand, Showtime, has been all but destroyed, leaving Paramount+ desperately in need of the kind of upscale content that gets a certain subset of subscribers to shell out for a higher tier.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
But there is a subset of outdoor athletes who seem to have found the genetic safety switch in their mitochondria and turned it off—folks like ski alpinist Christina Lustenberger.
—Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2025
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
Despite the rough career start and regular criticism by the media, Sanders has earned the favor of a subset of Pro Bowl voters.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Under Par’s old leadership, that company’s own premium brand, Showtime, has been all but destroyed, leaving Paramount+ desperately in need of the kind of upscale content that gets a certain subset of subscribers to shell out for a higher tier.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
But there is a subset of outdoor athletes who seem to have found the genetic safety switch in their mitochondria and turned it off—folks like ski alpinist Christina Lustenberger.
—Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Subset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subset. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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subset
noun
sub·set
ˈsəb-ˌset 
: a mathematical set that is a part of another mathematical set
the set of even numbers is a subset of the set of all numbers
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