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
This time, the river rose in some places to more than forty feet, subsuming residences and businesses.
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Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
Over the next thirty years, Nasrallah and his acolytes systemically dismantled and subsumed the sovereign Lebanese government, with even no President since 2022, and wrought havoc on the Lebanese people with little support from the population.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
Three touchstones guided his commentary: a genial skepticism about politics as usual, a belief that politics must be subsumed within a broader perspective on life and, above all, an insistence that political discussants honor a code of civility.
—Steven Watts, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
Shoegaze is, after all, a term for subsuming individual personalities into pure sound.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
Over the next thirty years, Nasrallah and his acolytes systemically dismantled and subsumed the sovereign Lebanese government, with even no President since 2022, and wrought havoc on the Lebanese people with little support from the population.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
Three touchstones guided his commentary: a genial skepticism about politics as usual, a belief that politics must be subsumed within a broader perspective on life and, above all, an insistence that political discussants honor a code of civility.
—Steven Watts, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
Shoegaze is, after all, a term for subsuming individual personalities into pure sound.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsume
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Last season, including the playoffs, the 49ers scored a touchdowns on 68% of their red zone trips, best in the NFL.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Evacuations covered more than 80 square miles — the area shown in red — including some neighborhoods in Camarillo.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Officials had not made progress on containing the fire, and there was no official count for the number of homes the Mountain Fire has destroyed in Camarillo Heights and other parts of Ventura County.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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While these spaces contained only a handful of struggling plants that likely sprouted from seeds dropped by birds, the gophers were allowed to do what gophers do best for 24 hours.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Thousands of police officers were deployed across Paris, seeking to avoid a repeat of last week’s violence in Amsterdam involving locals and Israeli fans.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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In a letter sent to football players and their families, Kelly Lara, an assistant district superintendent, said two incidents occurred involving racist speech made toward, and about, a Black teammate.Krissy Waite, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Permits to cut in the White River National Forest, which encompasses a wide swath along Interstate 70 from Summit County to Glenwood Springs, including Summit, Eagle, Pitkin and Garfield Counties, also are available through recreation.gov.John Meyer, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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Wicks won a second term serving Assembly District 14, which encompasses much of the East Bay from Hercules to Piedmont, with numerous metro areas caught in the state’s ongoing housing crisis.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The committee’s bipartisan group of election and law enforcement officials developed pocket-size guides to election laws for police officers to carry.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The company updated the Starlink shop with the new gear, which is meant to carry the V4 standard Starlink dish, a model that began rolling out about a year ago.& Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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