as in included
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 subsumed
Some have argued that social media activity amounts to citizen journalism, but mostly citizen journalism appeared to have been displaced or subsumed by social media.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
The watery consommé subsumed what few masa dumplings swam their lonesome swirls in the bowl, with cobs of corn left like derelict buoys in the sloppy orange miasma.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026
On stage, Josh and Melissa, our wanderers from the land of reality, are subsumed into an actual musical rather than a vaguely Truman Show-style refraction.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
Generous with his stash and with access to his phone — which Taylor uses to communicate with Adam on social media — Dee ropes the addict into his trade, though their tentative friendship is soon subsumed into the prison’s overriding culture of violence.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
As voices arrive—some direct, some sampled—the track is subsumed by texture, demanding little in the way of lyrical comprehension.
—Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
That might not be something that feels accessible to some people, or the gratitude may be subsumed by the stress and grief that also comes up.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
The worst part, though, is that her public image has subsumed Carolyn’s own idea of herself.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
Harry How / Getty Images Fantasy baseball was once the focal point of the fantasy industry, and now it’s been subsumed nearly completely by football, which gobbles up 75% of the market.
—Michael Salfino, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
The watery consommé subsumed what few masa dumplings swam their lonesome swirls in the bowl, with cobs of corn left like derelict buoys in the sloppy orange miasma.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026
On stage, Josh and Melissa, our wanderers from the land of reality, are subsumed into an actual musical rather than a vaguely Truman Show-style refraction.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
Generous with his stash and with access to his phone — which Taylor uses to communicate with Adam on social media — Dee ropes the addict into his trade, though their tentative friendship is soon subsumed into the prison’s overriding culture of violence.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
As voices arrive—some direct, some sampled—the track is subsumed by texture, demanding little in the way of lyrical comprehension.
—Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
That might not be something that feels accessible to some people, or the gratitude may be subsumed by the stress and grief that also comes up.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
The worst part, though, is that her public image has subsumed Carolyn’s own idea of herself.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
Harry How / Getty Images Fantasy baseball was once the focal point of the fantasy industry, and now it’s been subsumed nearly completely by football, which gobbles up 75% of the market.
—Michael Salfino, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsumed
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Though former head coach Kyra Elzy was still at the helm at Kentucky at the point of O’Neal’s recruitment, O’Neal named UK as one of eight finalists in high school; the list also included Arizona State, Baylor, UCLA, Georgia Tech, LSU (her father’s alma mater) and Tennessee.—
Caroline Makauskas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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There were three years where the award was shared because of a tie in the voting, and two of those included Duke players Elton Brand and Grant Hill.—
Schuyler Dixon,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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There will be clinics for players with disabilities alongside coaching courses and referee sessions to help get more people involved in the sport.—
Lisa Hughes,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Criminal charges also were filed against two Chinese nationals involved in a similar operation in Myanmar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The authors argued that the typical American diet contained excessive calories and fat and lacked sufficient amounts of complex carbohydrates and dietary fiber.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Burick and one of his students assemble the base for one of ENIAC’s three portable function tables, which contained banks of switches that stored numerical constants.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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Arts coverage also encompassed the art, music theater, and writers’ projects launched by the government under the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal agency that employed people during the Great Depression.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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The center was at the vanguard of a larger Yiddish-interest revival that also encompassed the college, as when the two institutions partnered to offer Yiddish classes, which are popular offerings in Amherst.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Iranian Vice President Esmael Saghab Esfahani said any strike on the country’s oil wells would prompt a retaliatory attack, according to a statement carried by the semiofficial Mehr News Agency.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
25 Apr. 2026
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Clothes were washed outdoors in a heavy barrel called a zhlukto, or carried to a nearby stream.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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