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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By then, the controversies that always lapped at Alatorre had subsumed his career.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
Since social media subsumed the world, it’s produced an unlikely set of superstars: cats and dogs who have become powerhouse players in this endorsement-rich landscape.
—Mark Ellwood, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
The lack of appetite in Washington to take a stand on Hong Kong almost certainly means that the territory will be steadily subsumed into China’s grand design for the Greater Bay Area, a planned megapolis of roughly 70 million people and 11 cities, including booming Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
—Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
While stable hybrid zones may occur as the result of hybrids between two species adapting to ecological conditions that were inhospitable to either parent species, the reasons that sometimes lead to hybrids subsuming their parent species entirely are mysterious.
—Richard Pallardy, Ars Technica, 30 July 2024
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
Since social media subsumed the world, it’s produced an unlikely set of superstars: cats and dogs who have become powerhouse players in this endorsement-rich landscape.
—Mark Ellwood, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
The lack of appetite in Washington to take a stand on Hong Kong almost certainly means that the territory will be steadily subsumed into China’s grand design for the Greater Bay Area, a planned megapolis of roughly 70 million people and 11 cities, including booming Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
—Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
While stable hybrid zones may occur as the result of hybrids between two species adapting to ecological conditions that were inhospitable to either parent species, the reasons that sometimes lead to hybrids subsuming their parent species entirely are mysterious.
—Richard Pallardy, Ars Technica, 30 July 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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