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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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
The video brings to mind the claims made in Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism, in which Fisher proposed that capitalism has the uncanny ability to subsume all critiques into itself.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
However, this seemingly straightforward plot is quickly subsumed by a stream-of-consciousness approach to the narrative, enhanced by an equally ethereal photographic aesthetic.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
What has subsumed this type of interaction was a wholly different beast.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subsume
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“Subsume.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsume. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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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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