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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While the final details were still being negotiated, the embassy said the partnership will focus on key technologies, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, telecommunications, and quantum computing.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025 -
One particularly notable viral video featured the son of a provincial government minister posing in front of a tree made from boxes of luxury labels including Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Gucci.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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To conquer the competition, Flyjets has employed a two-prong strategy encompassing a marketplace and an exchange.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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In 2025, approximately 400 of these allotments remain, encompassing just over 16,000 acres.—
Beth Rose Middleton Manning,
The Conversation,
15 Sep. 2025
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D4vd's world tour has hit a bump in the road amid a police investigation reportedly involving the singer and TikTok sensation.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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This will be a coordinated effort with the Government Accountability Office, which is also looking into issues involving access and handling of sensitive data at the department, according to the letter from the acting inspector general.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
19 Sep. 2025
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The cocoa arm of the trial tested a daily extract supplement containing 500 mg of cocoa flavanols, and within that mix, about 80 mg came from a single compound called epicatechin – thought to be one of the most important flavanols for heart and blood vessel health.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Sep. 2025
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Information about the two companies' partnership emerged after CCTV showed a billboard containing the details as part of a report on the telecoms giant's new Sanjiangyuan data center in Qinghai province.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Episode 5 opens with a postal worker’s 2020 account of seeing Sellers naked in the woods, with his face covered, carrying a child’s jacket.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Ecological changes, including more time for mosquitoes and other disease-carrying bugs to bite you.—
Sara Schilling,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Subsuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsuming. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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