as in including
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 subsuming
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
In this case, Paramount or Netflix would be subsuming a studio that’s been successful at putting butts in cinema seats—not that getting audiences into the cinemas has been a priority for Netflix, anyway.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025
This antediluvian town knows — and that, too, is part of its multimillion-dollar charm — that in a world of rapidly upgrading software and all-subsuming artificial intelligence, natural wisdom must be nurtured and celebrated.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
The platform is on the verge of subsuming the genres that have helped define the past 100 years of TV.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
In this case, Paramount or Netflix would be subsuming a studio that’s been successful at putting butts in cinema seats—not that getting audiences into the cinemas has been a priority for Netflix, anyway.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025
This antediluvian town knows — and that, too, is part of its multimillion-dollar charm — that in a world of rapidly upgrading software and all-subsuming artificial intelligence, natural wisdom must be nurtured and celebrated.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
The platform is on the verge of subsuming the genres that have helped define the past 100 years of TV.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsuming
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The approach allows a single sheet of material to perform multiple functions at once, including adaptive camouflage, information encryption and decryption, and shape morphing.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bass and her campaign team have sought to highlight a list of accomplishments, including a steady decrease in homicides, a drop in street homelessness and her efforts to accelerate the construction of affordable housing.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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As a first step of the project, De Giglio wanted to bring back the authentic barber experience, opening the Barberia of Eredi Zucca barber shop in Milan with a full range of products encompassing grooming, hair care, body care, skin care, tools and accessories.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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In the guild’s view, actor and performer are synonymous, encompassing both principal and background players.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Before Tuesday, the most recent party-line vote failure occurred in July involving cryptocurrency and appropriations bills.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Feb. 2026
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After Rapoport reported Sunday that trading Pickens is an option for the team, fans called back to the drama of last offseason involving Parsons and wondered if the Cowboys could be heading down the same road.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
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The National Institutes of Health reports that oregano oil repels bedbugs more effectively than commercial insecticides containing DEET.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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He was said to have been carrying a twenty-five-litre backpack made by Ozark Trail, a brand sold primarily at Walmart.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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According to federal authorities, Morales Tejada in October 2023 was convicted in Superior Court in Connecticut on charges of carrying a pistol without a permit and first-degree failure to appear.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Subsuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsuming. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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