as in including
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 subsuming
This year alone, the stock is down 29% amid the broad bloodbath subsuming the SaaS industry.
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
In this case, Paramount or Netflix would be subsuming a studio that’s been successful at putting butts in cinema seats—not that getting audiences into the cinemas has been a priority for Netflix, anyway.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025
This antediluvian town knows — and that, too, is part of its multimillion-dollar charm — that in a world of rapidly upgrading software and all-subsuming artificial intelligence, natural wisdom must be nurtured and celebrated.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
The platform is on the verge of subsuming the genres that have helped define the past 100 years of TV.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
In this case, Paramount or Netflix would be subsuming a studio that’s been successful at putting butts in cinema seats—not that getting audiences into the cinemas has been a priority for Netflix, anyway.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025
This antediluvian town knows — and that, too, is part of its multimillion-dollar charm — that in a world of rapidly upgrading software and all-subsuming artificial intelligence, natural wisdom must be nurtured and celebrated.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
The platform is on the verge of subsuming the genres that have helped define the past 100 years of TV.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsuming
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One passage depicts the Bonnie-and-Clyde-like notoriety of Frank and the Bride, leading ordinary women to adopt her wild hairdo and goth makeup (including what are evidently meant to be burns on her mouth and tongue from all that electricity).—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Ziegler’s humor and sympathy for her characters—including Creon, who desperately wants to do right by everyone—saves the conflict between individual and state from heavy-handedness.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The district runs along the Mississippi River from the Delta region south toward Natchez and east to Jackson, encompassing many rural counties as well as the state’s largest city.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Mar. 2026
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In Loudoun County, a recent transaction encompassing more than 100 acres sold for more than $6 million per acre.—
Mehdi Paryavi,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those involving the more complicated aspects of life - romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death - as well as philosophical and moral dilemmas.—
Judith Martin,
Dallas Morning News,
12 Mar. 2026
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At least 12 incidents involving vessels around the strait have been confirmed since fighting began, according to two global trackers, and at least seven mariners have been killed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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In a study published today in Frontiers in Earth Science, the researchers analyzed a nearly 32-feet-long (10 meters) ice core containing atmospheric records spanning the Roman empire up to the mid-17th century.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2026
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On the southwest coast, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office published a detailed document containing information about county laws and micromobility safety, including a call for parents to help keep their children safe while riding.—
Alissa Gary,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as well the Tripoli and other amphibious assault ships carrying the Marines, are based in Japan and have been in the Pacific Ocean for several days, according to images released by the military.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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The most serious mid-air collision involving the plane happened in 1966, when a B-52 bomber carrying nuclear bombs struck a tanker near Palomares, Spain.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Subsuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsuming. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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