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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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Each enables the researchers to control different, but sometimes overlapping, subsets of the brain by simply raising the temperature to activate the neurons.
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A subset of Medicare Advantage plans are designed exclusively for people who either require or are expected to require at least 90 days of skilled services from nursing homes, assisted living facilities or other long-term care institutions.
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But both presume that human life is valuable only if — and should be brought into the world only if — a certain subset of powerful and wise elites give the okay.
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Furthermore, the idea that the recumbirostrans in question are especially caecilian-like assumes that a specific subset of taxa – perhaps even a single species – possesses the caecilian-like features in question.
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The study examined the performance of only a small subset of voucher recipients: those who were in grades three through five in 2012 and whose first-choice schools had fewer open seats than applicants.
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The three subsets of strings are tuned in unison, great for the primal sound of Hill Country style blues.
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That list itself is a subset of the lives ruined or ended by white supremacy’s iron grasp.
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Nowhere is this more apparent than in the cosmetic surgery arm of the industry, easily its largest subset.
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First Known Use of subset
1881
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SUBSET Defined for English Language Learners
subset
playDefinition of subset for English Language Learners
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: a group of things, people, etc., that is part of a larger group
SUBSET Defined for Kids
subset
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: a small division or portion
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