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The set {1,2,3} is a subset of the set {1,2,3,4,5}.
Only a small subset of the patients in the study experienced these side effects.
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Following puberty, women have approximately 300,000 ovarian follicles, with a small subset of them periodically activating and entering the growing pool, a process which repeats every month until menopause.
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Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The bill would allow a subset of U.S. physicians — only around 7,000, including ones already working at methadone clinics — to prescribe methadone that could be picked up at regular pharmacies.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
Fight or flight gut check The study focused on a subset of the peripheral nervous system called the sympathetic nervous system, which becomes active when the brain detects danger.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024
On Anything crews — two subsets of the 8 Trey Movin Crips street gang.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The bill would allow a subset of U.S. physicians — only around 7,000, including ones already working at methadone clinics — to prescribe methadone that could be picked up at regular pharmacies.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
Fight or flight gut check The study focused on a subset of the peripheral nervous system called the sympathetic nervous system, which becomes active when the brain detects danger.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024
On Anything crews — two subsets of the 8 Trey Movin Crips street gang.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Subset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subset. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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subset
noun
sub·set
ˈsəb-ˌset 
: a mathematical set that is a part of another mathematical set
the set of even numbers is a subset of the set of all numbers
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