subsumed; subsuming
: to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
red, green, and yellow are subsumed under the term "color"
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games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of “recreation”
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Wilson Tarbox, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Which is why the West must help the Georgian people free themselves before the West is gradually, inexorably, subsumed under the same regimes.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The town's natural swamplands appear to have been subsumed by the storm's torrential rain, covering much of the terrain in shallow, standing water.
—NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
This 13-episode techno-horror about a young girl who is slowly subsumed into a life on the Wired (the show’s version of the internet) is a perfect pre-Y2K-paranoia binge.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2024
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subsume
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sub·sume
səb-ˈsüm 
subsumed; subsuming
: to include or place within something larger or more general
red and green are subsumed under the term "color"
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