as in included
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 subsumed
The wreckage is slowly being subsumed by the reef in the shallow blue waters of the tropical lagoon, but its story is far from over.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Much of the #Unbreakable work has been subsumed into her anti-trafficking activities.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
This 13-episode techno-horror about a young girl who is slowly subsumed into a life on the Wired (the show’s version of the internet) is a perfect pre-Y2K-paranoia binge.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Frostbite subsumed large swaths of their bodies.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
The broad fear when Pitchfork was subsumed into GQ was that a glossy fashion magazine’s coziness with the entertainment industry would be at odds with a music-reviewing site’s prerogative to trash bad albums.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Historically, political movements die when they become subsumed by paranoid Jew-hatred.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
In the second, that body is subsumed into the world.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
There are some new security measures, but these are deftly subsumed into the original entrance.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Much of the #Unbreakable work has been subsumed into her anti-trafficking activities.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
This 13-episode techno-horror about a young girl who is slowly subsumed into a life on the Wired (the show’s version of the internet) is a perfect pre-Y2K-paranoia binge.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Frostbite subsumed large swaths of their bodies.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
The broad fear when Pitchfork was subsumed into GQ was that a glossy fashion magazine’s coziness with the entertainment industry would be at odds with a music-reviewing site’s prerogative to trash bad albums.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Historically, political movements die when they become subsumed by paranoid Jew-hatred.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
In the second, that body is subsumed into the world.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
There are some new security measures, but these are deftly subsumed into the original entrance.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsumed
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Efforts that included bait, noisemakers and even a trap that caught the wrong bear all failed.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Daniel also has and continues to be involved in podcasting at the newspaper.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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Cut the Crap came out in November 1985, and got instantly repudiated by Joe Strummer and anyone else involved with it.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Three City Hall employees reported that their wallets, which contained cash, credit cards, health savings account cards, and personal ID were stolen from their offices, per Boston Police reports.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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The damage was largely contained to what firefighters call a wildland-urban interface fire, not a larger conflagration like the one developing in the Palisades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In 1987, Pelosi won a special election for California's then-5th Congressional District which encompassed most of the city of San Francisco.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and María Luisa Manrique de Lara y Gonzaga (a rather pompous name that encompassed two major hereditary estates, a principality, a county, a marquisate, and, for a time, a viceroyalty) met in 1680 in Mexico City.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Middleton first carried the Small Hudson bag from DeMellier in a rich mocha brown while attending Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Estate.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Bison have carried their stories, teachings, and responsibilities for centuries.—
Marissa Perlman,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Subsumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsumed. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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