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"
Examples of subsume in a Sentence
games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of “recreation”
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This year alone, the stock is down 29% amid the broad bloodbath subsuming the SaaS industry.
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Warner Brothers waits to be subsumed by Netflix or Paramount, cinemas are losing customers to streaming, and franchise entertainment continues to dumb us all down.
—Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Here, as with Job — a recent tech thriller onstage that was far more shocking than Data, though also quite neat — theater is still straining to address the question of how people get subsumed by Silicon Valley’s layers of compromise.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
Those subsumed by viruses or mold have been at the core of the experience, and Capcom has always worked to upgrade them.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Warner Brothers waits to be subsumed by Netflix or Paramount, cinemas are losing customers to streaming, and franchise entertainment continues to dumb us all down.
—Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Here, as with Job — a recent tech thriller onstage that was far more shocking than Data, though also quite neat — theater is still straining to address the question of how people get subsumed by Silicon Valley’s layers of compromise.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
Those subsumed by viruses or mold have been at the core of the experience, and Capcom has always worked to upgrade them.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
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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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