subsumed

verb

past tense of subsume
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 In time, prediction markets will be subsumed into regulation and taxation. — Yun Li, CNBC, 8 July 2026 My existential panic was subsumed by more pragmatic concerns. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 Hannah starts flunking tests, missing class, and becomes totally subsumed in Melanie’s world and her instructor’s investment in her. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 June 2026 It was now subsumed by a new sensory orientation that shifted emphasis from the eye to the ear, echoing the oral culture of earlier tribal societies. — Brian A. Cogan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 May 2026 The Milky Way was formed gradually, as smaller galaxies, or dwarf galaxies, were subsumed into our own galaxy over billions of years. — Julian Dossett, Space.com, 27 May 2026 Her success brought both raves and snark, but a thing that could boldly be said of her whole deal was that it was aligned with counterculture even as it was subsumed by the mainstream. — Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 9 May 2026 Yet today, these two once hugely profitable news operations have been subsumed within massive multinational corporations, with their legacy brand equity providing as much value to their ownership as their journalism. — Michael J. Socolow, The Conversation, 7 May 2026 OpenAI is racing to beat Anthropic and Musk’s xAI, which has been subsumed by SpaceX and is trying to IPO this summer. — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsumed
  1. included
  2. involved
  3. contained
  4. encompassed
  5. carried
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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, 6 July 2026
  • In subsequent messages included in charging documents, Robinson referenced engraving bullets and leaving his rifle wrapped in a towel.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of included
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  • Wells being left behind part is one thing catching attention online, as questions about whether that argument involved Wells and if there is a racial element in any of this.
    — Elise Gregg, NPR, 10 July 2026
  • The procedures and results were published in the journal Nature July 8 and involved engineers and surgeons from the University of California San Diego.
    — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of involved
Verb
  • As of Friday afternoon, the fire in the Boise Foothills had burned more than 6,500 acres and was 23% contained.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2026
  • The rifle contained one spent cartridge casing and three unfired rounds, which were each engraved with messages, said Sergeant Jennifer Faumuina, an investigator with the State Bureau of Investigation called to testify by prosecutors.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Definition of contained
Verb
  • The evaluation encompassed recommendations of companies as well as evaluations of employers across the dimensions image, atmosphere, working conditions, salary, workplace and equality by verified employees.
    — TIME Staff, Time, 9 July 2026
  • The Natomas program encompassed 25 acres, while this year’s program encompasses 120 acres.
    — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of encompassed
Verb
  • Neither of those, though, carried the expectations of five-time champion Brazil, which last won in 2002 but at least had done no worse than the quarterfinals in the five subsequent tournaments.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • SpaceX now flies roughly half the world’s orbital launches — 165 in 2025 and more than 80% of the mass carried to orbit — but its vehicles are built for its own missions.
    — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of carried

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