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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games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of “recreation”
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Yet the success stories have been subsumed by an overwhelming frustration over how officials in Washington went about trying to make things better.
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Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
We’re subsumed, for better and worse, in The Bear’s trauma plot.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 July 2024
The naïve, helpless normies mostly faded into the background of the edit, subsumed by larger-than-life personalities like Big Brother’s Rachel Reilly and Below Deck’s amusingly apathetic Kate Chastain, who generated decent TV even when the gameplay itself was lacking.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
The Caucasus were mostly subsumed into the Russian empire in the nineteenth century had a long history of resentment towards rule by Moscow, during Tsarist, Soviet and post-Soviet times.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 24 June 2024
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Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
We’re subsumed, for better and worse, in The Bear’s trauma plot.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 July 2024
The naïve, helpless normies mostly faded into the background of the edit, subsumed by larger-than-life personalities like Big Brother’s Rachel Reilly and Below Deck’s amusingly apathetic Kate Chastain, who generated decent TV even when the gameplay itself was lacking.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
The Caucasus were mostly subsumed into the Russian empire in the nineteenth century had a long history of resentment towards rule by Moscow, during Tsarist, Soviet and post-Soviet times.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 24 June 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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