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Three men, convicted members of a Bloods gang subset, are set to be sentenced Thursday in DeKalb County for their roles in the executions of two young women in 2014. — Joshua Sharpe, ajc, "DeKalb Bloods face sentencing for murdering two women over insult," 11 June 2018 But that is just a subset of a broader truth: things almost never go according to plan. — Katie Reilly, Time, "Rod Rosenstein Tells Law Graduates to Fall Back on ‘Your Own Moral Principles’ During Ethical Dilemmas," 11 May 2018 In contrast, regional Fed bank presidents are picked by subsets of those banks’ boards of directors, subject to approval by the Fed governors. — Michael S. Derby, WSJ, "New York Fed Picks John Williams as President," 3 Apr. 2018 But at the three-day Boston Calling music festival recently, a significant subset of the mostly college-aged crowd was wearing classic Hawaiian shirts — splashy prints of hibiscus and palm trees, the louder the better. — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, "Aloha to your father’s Hawaiian shirts," 28 June 2018 Currency strategies, a subset of CTA/Managed Futures, finished March at the bottom, plunging 6.33 percent. — Adam Manzor, Bloomberg.com, "Hedge Funds Suffer First Back-to-Back Loss in Two Years," 19 Apr. 2018 And the Black Ops subset of the series has historically been a top seller. — Chris Morris, Fortune, "Activision Skipped Trump's Video Game Summit and Started Marketing a New 'Call of Duty' Instead," 9 Mar. 2018 Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research NO: Refugee numbers, an important subset of immigration, are not large enough to majorly impact San Diego’s 3.3 million residents and 1.6 million labor force. — Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Will a slowdown in refugees hurt San Diego County’s economy?," 29 June 2018 But one small subset of them was able to attract new dollars: the cheapest ones. — Stan Choe, USA TODAY, "Keeping what's yours: Managed fund investing has never been cheaper," 14 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'subset.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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subset
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English Language Learners Definition of subset
: a group of things, people, etc., that is part of a larger group
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: a small division or portion
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