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
Blockchain and Trust Blockchain hype has been subsumed by the AI hype in the past couple of years.
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Recently, his nephew Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current secretary of Health and Human Services, subsumed that agency into a new one: the Administration for a Healthy America, which includes mental health as one of its focuses.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
Cherry rues the random nature of these instances of trauma, which explode only to be forgotten five minutes later, subsumed beneath the next crisis.
—Sam Worley, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
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.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Recently, his nephew Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current secretary of Health and Human Services, subsumed that agency into a new one: the Administration for a Healthy America, which includes mental health as one of its focuses.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
Cherry rues the random nature of these instances of trauma, which explode only to be forgotten five minutes later, subsumed beneath the next crisis.
—Sam Worley, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
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.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsume
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For no ads on those two streamers, the plan costs $44.99 per month (ads will be included on any tier of the ESPN. app).—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include: On Waterman Court, Danville, in February 2025, a 2,251-square-foot home was sold for $1,990,000, a price per square foot of $884.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
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The following contains major spoilers for all of Andor!—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Wildfire smoke contains very dangerous, tiny pollutants called PM2.5 that can travel deep into the lungs or enter the bloodstream when inhaled.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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For all of those involved, there is no room for error.—
Harry De Cosemo,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Perryman was also the former general counsel for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and was involved in litigation requiring the FDA to allow mifepristone to be sent to patients in the mail.—
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech,
The Hill,
19 May 2025
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Furthermore, Trump’s freeze on disbursement of funds from Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act encompassed modernization projects at airports nationwide.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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That encompassed two wins in Boston, a sweep of the Giants sandwiched between two sweeps of the Orioles and the first two games in Milwaukee.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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In an administration currently running the lowest early-months public opinion rating in modern history, however, Vance’s forcefulness carries long-term risk.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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Police previously said the van was carrying 14 people, and the truck’s driver was alone.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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“Subsume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsume. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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