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"
Examples of subsume in a Sentence
games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of “recreation”
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In daytime, the rumbling of the steppe is subsumed by bright, relentless light.
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Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
Alternatively, perhaps nutrients enter the ocean not from below, but from above — meteorites that strike the surface ice and become subsumed and drawn into the ocean.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Those thorny questions will subsume much of the energy at the Capitol.
—Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Des Moines Register, 8 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
Alternatively, perhaps nutrients enter the ocean not from below, but from above — meteorites that strike the surface ice and become subsumed and drawn into the ocean.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Those thorny questions will subsume much of the energy at the Capitol.
—Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Des Moines Register, 8 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for subsume
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“Subsume.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsume. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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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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