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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Retaliatory export controls Beijing earlier this month imposed export controls on rare earth elements — a subset of critical minerals —in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s decision to hike tariffs on goods made in China.
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Last year’s election results offered clues about voters’ focus on health policy as a subset of their rising economic angst, according to a KFF assessment of the role those issues played in Trump’s victory.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
However, it's only meant for a subset of COPD patients whose symptoms are triggered by allergies, Mannino said.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
Discretionary spending patterns, fashion trends, technology, brand, and media preferences are assessed through surveying a geographically diverse subset of high schools across the U.S.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2025
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Last year’s election results offered clues about voters’ focus on health policy as a subset of their rising economic angst, according to a KFF assessment of the role those issues played in Trump’s victory.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
However, it's only meant for a subset of COPD patients whose symptoms are triggered by allergies, Mannino said.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
Discretionary spending patterns, fashion trends, technology, brand, and media preferences are assessed through surveying a geographically diverse subset of high schools across the U.S.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Subset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subset. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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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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