as in to include
to have as part of a whole
games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of "recreation"
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Recent Examples of subsume
And according to Fortune’s reporting, the Supreme Court has given signs that an administration’s move to subsume the central bank through a Fed takeover might receive their support.
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Erik Sherman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
But it was quickly subsumed by a series of controversies.
—Steven Hyden, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
These observations, however, are always subsumed within religious dogma, whether Christian, Islamic, or Judaic.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Easily corrected once Greenland or Canada is subsumed by the U.S.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
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Erik Sherman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
But it was quickly subsumed by a series of controversies.
—Steven Hyden, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
These observations, however, are always subsumed within religious dogma, whether Christian, Islamic, or Judaic.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Easily corrected once Greenland or Canada is subsumed by the U.S.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsume
Verb
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The lack of border security created real problems for Americans, including crimes such as human trafficking and drug smuggling.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Agents and forensic experts from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recovered and analyzed key evidence from the Tesla attack, including Molotov cocktails allegedly used in the arson.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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So Koester compiled a database that now contains more than 500,000 missing person searches dating back to the 1970s.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Then, consider one more: carbs, which in the case of this recipe, come from the rice paper wrappers—one sheet contains 10 grams of ’em.—
Lizzy Briskin,
SELF,
2 May 2025
Verb
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Not everyone is able to take the risks involved in making underground films.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal; Erin Jensen, USA TODAY Gambling involves risk.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
Verb
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These individuals encompass today’s high schoolers, college students and most people in their 20s.—
Brent Daub,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Given its current orbit, the spacecraft’s potential landing area encompasses most of Earth’s surface between 52 degrees north and 52 degrees south latitude.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
7 May 2025
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The Sphere featured in a visual interlude that saw the singer picked it up from the Las Vegas strip, tapping it curiously, and then carrying it away.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 May 2025
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Photo : Mercedes-Benz AG The car carries the base model’s 577 hp, 4.0-liter biturbo V-8, which is mated to AMG’s nine-speed automatic transmission.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
4 May 2025
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“Subsume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsume. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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