subsuming

present participle of subsume

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of subsuming Eurovision was founded as an institution above politics, a way to simultaneously stoke national pride while also subsuming the ugliest parts of such identities. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 Now Disney owns more content engines, like FX, that can pump content into Hulu, which the company is subsuming into Disney+. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026 This year alone, the stock is down 29% amid the broad bloodbath subsuming the SaaS industry. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsuming
Verb
  • Meta also says the platform will support more than 100 immersive live sports events each year through partners including ESPN and TNT Sports.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Many of them, including Ned and his childhood friend and rival, Roland, are scarred by their time as youth players, haunted by memories of the sadistic coaches and cruel, competitive fathers who terrorized them both on and off the court.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Duarte’s writing features detailed prose and a moving storyline, encompassing grief, healing, and the losses borne by a Latinx family in the name of American patriotism.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The couple built a seamless live-work compound encompassing a modern home, art studio, and sculpture fabrication barn, connected by flagstone pathways winding through pinyon, juniper, and cedar trees.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In the meantime, there’s a lot of unwieldy comic commotion involving a missing corpse, a tweaking, naked Dwight and enough insipid TV sibling bickering to clog the airwaves for a decade.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Boldenone, one of the substances at issue, has been associated with livestock-production practices and meat-contamination claims in prior anti-doping cases involving athletes competing in Colombia.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The observations revealed gas containing oxygen, carbon, silicon and other metals flowing from these early galaxies into intergalactic space.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • One children’s style also uses lenses containing at least 60 percent bio-circular content, according to the company.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This one moved from *NSYNC and Drake to Usher and Kool & the Gang, with brass filling stadiums and drumlines carrying the energy long after the opening kick of Week 3 in HBCU football.
    — Wilton Jackson, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Last month, Customs Air and Marine Operations agents stopped a boat about 22 nautical miles from Miami-Dade County carrying 19 people from Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Subsuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsuming. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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