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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Examples of subsume in a Sentence
games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of “recreation”
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There’s also a drifting effort to investigate the simultaneous invisibility and hyper-visibility of Black women, especially early in the film when Frida is at work, but that is disappointingly subsumed by later action.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
Rather than respond directly to debates about the duties of the artist, Heaney subsumed them in his art.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Tangerang, Banten’s largest city, sits right on Jakarta’s western edge, almost subsumed by the capital city’s massive sprawl.
—Keegan Bradford, SPIN, 25 July 2024
By then, the controversies that always lapped at Alatorre had subsumed his career.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
Rather than respond directly to debates about the duties of the artist, Heaney subsumed them in his art.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Tangerang, Banten’s largest city, sits right on Jakarta’s western edge, almost subsumed by the capital city’s massive sprawl.
—Keegan Bradford, SPIN, 25 July 2024
By then, the controversies that always lapped at Alatorre had subsumed his career.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 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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