Examples of subset in a Sentence
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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Within that rarefied subset, only a handful were RS variants.
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Sean Evans, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
Not always, of course; like any subset of humanity, churches are just as likely to be filled with iniquity, pettiness, and spite.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
Other tools, including bill status, invoices, projects, reports, and time tracking, provide good subsets of the website’s capabilities.
—PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
Instead, the fraud detection efforts rely on machine learning, the subset of AI that excels at analyzing vast amounts of data, and making decisions and predictions based on what it’s learned.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
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Sean Evans, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
Not always, of course; like any subset of humanity, churches are just as likely to be filled with iniquity, pettiness, and spite.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
Other tools, including bill status, invoices, projects, reports, and time tracking, provide good subsets of the website’s capabilities.
—PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
Instead, the fraud detection efforts rely on machine learning, the subset of AI that excels at analyzing vast amounts of data, and making decisions and predictions based on what it’s learned.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Subset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subset. Accessed 5 Nov. 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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