as in to include
to have as part of a whole
games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of "recreation"
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Recent Examples of subsume
His gift as an actor is his ability to offer each of his characters a deep well of empathy, and here, it’s subsumed into a gentle performance that feels more like sleight of hand than acting.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The agreement comes after a devastating 15-month conflict that's subsumed the Middle East.
—Mary Bruce, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
At the Project Liberty summit, McCourt had seemed concerned that his broader Internet project was being subsumed by buzz around the app’s sale.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
By the late 1970s, growth had subsumed most of the turnpike corridor in western Miami-Dade and central Broward.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The agreement comes after a devastating 15-month conflict that's subsumed the Middle East.
—Mary Bruce, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
At the Project Liberty summit, McCourt had seemed concerned that his broader Internet project was being subsumed by buzz around the app’s sale.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
By the late 1970s, growth had subsumed most of the turnpike corridor in western Miami-Dade and central Broward.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsume
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The non-manufacturing PMI, which includes services and construction, also climbed to 50.4 from 50.2 in January.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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Attendees at this year’s event included Sabrina Carpenter, Dua Lipa, Shaboozey, Millie Bobby Brown and more.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Be warned: This article includes hints and comments that may contain spoilers for today’s puzzle.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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The complaint contains screenshots purportedly of text conversations between Luna and Tiffith Jr.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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Given that Nvidia already provides the compute and hardware infrastructure for nearly every other company that is involved in healthcare AI applications, this focus makes complete sense.—
Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D.,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Browns general manager Andrew Berry and his key confidants will be talking not only to players in this year’s draft class but also to players’ agents and Berry’s peers about a potential mega-trade involving Garrett.—
Zac Jackson,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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The list encompasses research in all 50 states, including 257 grants totaling more than $150 million to institutions in Cruz’s home state of Texas.—
Elizabeth Rayne,
Ars Technica,
23 Feb. 2025
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The national database encompassed nearly 150,000 federal officers and agents, from the FBI and IRS down to the Railroad Retirement Board.—
Tom Jackman and Elizabeth Dwoskin The Washington Post,
arkansasonline.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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Those negotiations are certain to be tricky after a campaign which exposed sharp divisions over migration and how to deal with the AfD in a country where far-right politics carry a particularly strong stigma due to its Nazi past.—
Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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Messi carries that burden into a ‘25 campaign that could not be beginning any more ambitiously for Inter Miami -- with three matches within seven days.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Subsume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsume. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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