as in includes
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 subsumes
For a few weeks every March, American productivity collapses into a blur of fake doctor’s appointments and furtive glances at phones under conference tables as the NCAA’s annual basketball tournament subsumes the culture.
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Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
Neither is the machine that, partway through the play, noisily turns the stage into a great berg of foam, which slowly subsumes a resigned Kramer.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
But to say the administration can be defined as a lack of character—the term subsumes all those other judgments, and is much harder to question.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Mitchell, in contrast, subsumes himself into his subjects, seldom intruding on the surface of his own prose.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
Neither is the machine that, partway through the play, noisily turns the stage into a great berg of foam, which slowly subsumes a resigned Kramer.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
But to say the administration can be defined as a lack of character—the term subsumes all those other judgments, and is much harder to question.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Mitchell, in contrast, subsumes himself into his subjects, seldom intruding on the surface of his own prose.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsumes
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That includes team executives Elton Brand and former Saint Joseph’s star and NBA veteran Jameer Nelson.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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The Yellowstone universe includes several spinoffs that explore the Dutton family's legacy across different generations.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Today, Reitan Retail encompasses the retail portion of the family business, with nearly 3,600 outlets across seven Nordic and Baltic countries.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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The district is Maryland’s largest and encompasses many prominent Washington suburbs, including Bethesda and Rockville.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2026
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Barker’s other heroes include Nathan Fielder and Tim Robinson, comics whose work contains an undeniable dark streak, and who share his prankster’s spirit and high tolerance for unease.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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The system contains a black hole and a massive blue supergiant star orbiting each other.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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Burberry is a professor of English and an expert in geomythology, a field which involves searching old folk tales, myths and stories for evidence of real geological events.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 May 2026
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Cariello said Cox also appears to apply in a lawsuit that music publishers filed against the X social network, which involves users uploading music to the platform.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2026
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And downtown on Michigan Avenue, Water Tower Place, once the anchor of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, carries its own laundry list of troubles after years of financial losses and the closure of several major tenants.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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In Colorado, with its extreme weather swings, aging homes, and rising insurance landscape, that advice carries extra weight.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
9 May 2026
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The 90/180 rule doesn’t require the maximum 90 days in the Schengen Area to be consecutive but entails careful math to be sure travelers don’t stay longer than 90 days in any rolling 180-day period.—
Carole Rosenblat,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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Stewart became the first commercial patient in Texas to receive the treatment, which entails a drug-releasing system placed directly into the bladder by a urologist.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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“Subsumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsumes. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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