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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On Thursday, the oil producers’ alliance agreed to extend several output cuts, with the timeline to start gradually unwinding a 2.2-million-barrels-per-day voluntary decline undertaken by a subset of OPEC+ members pushed back by three months to April.
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Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
Additionally, the exit tax targets only a specific subset of individuals raising issues of fairness.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
But the negative effect of the food additives that Kennedy seems most worried about is felt by only a small subset of eaters.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2024
An investigation by House Oversight and Accountability Committee Democrats found Trump properties took in some $7.8 million from foreign entities in 20 countries — a figure reached after reviewing only a subset of documents collected from Trump’s accounting firm.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
Additionally, the exit tax targets only a specific subset of individuals raising issues of fairness.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
But the negative effect of the food additives that Kennedy seems most worried about is felt by only a small subset of eaters.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2024
An investigation by House Oversight and Accountability Committee Democrats found Trump properties took in some $7.8 million from foreign entities in 20 countries — a figure reached after reviewing only a subset of documents collected from Trump’s accounting firm.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Subset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subset. Accessed 21 Dec. 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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