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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Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2024
The teacher explained that the island might soon be subsumed by rising sea levels.
—New York Times, 4 Nov. 2024
During the eclipse, your sense of self isn’t completely subsumed by emotion.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 27 Sep. 2024
Using a pop art palette of pink with a hypnotic depth of field and symmetry, Muñoz comments on how the colonization of Mexico by the Spanish subsumed the worship of Tonantzín into devotion to the Virgen as part of their efforts to Christianize the New World.
—Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2024
The teacher explained that the island might soon be subsumed by rising sea levels.
—New York Times, 4 Nov. 2024
During the eclipse, your sense of self isn’t completely subsumed by emotion.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 27 Sep. 2024
Using a pop art palette of pink with a hypnotic depth of field and symmetry, Muñoz comments on how the colonization of Mexico by the Spanish subsumed the worship of Tonantzín into devotion to the Virgen as part of their efforts to Christianize the New World.
—Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 24 Dec. 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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