Sample Sentences forsubsume (editor-reviewed)
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In biology, mammals are subsumed under the larger category of vertebrates, meaning all mammals are vertebrates, but not all vertebrates are mammals.subsumed = classified within a larger category
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Her personal goals were subsumed by the team’s mission, so she focused on helping everyone succeed.subsumed = absorbed into something larger or more important
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The acquired company retains its identity, but many think the larger company will eventually subsume it.subsume = absorb into a dominant structure
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Her work was demanding, but she did not let it subsume her identity.subsume = overshadow or take over
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Many moral rules can be subsumed under the broader principle of fairness.subsumed = classified (as part of a larger idea)
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I could be subsumed into Abnegation's hive mind, projecting always outward. (source)subsumed = absorbed
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The shark seemed to unhook its jaw, doubling the size of its mouth, enabling it to easily subsume the whole of the turtle in one swallow.† (source)
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She had lost Alessandro, who was underneath Lorna, completely subsumed.† (source)
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And, of course, what prompted Naphta to call patriotism a plague was asceticism—what all did he not subsume under that concept, what all, in his opinion, did not oppose asceticism and the kingdom of God!† (source)
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As he crosses threshold after threshold, conquering dragon after dragon, the stature of the divinity that he summons to his highest wish increases, until it subsumes the cosmos.† (source)
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Their wills seem to be subsumed, at least in part, by Sebastian's.† (source)
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But he had that quality which we always vaguely subsumed under 'thinking like a lawyer.'† (source)
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You were now subsumed into the superorganism.† (source)
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That evening, as I wended my way along our camp's perimeter, subsumed in the rhythmic din of birds and insects calling out from the jungle, I couldn't help but think of the sorry line of the girls entering the commander's house, led by the physician, Captain Ono.† (source)
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The message was directed by computer to Central Codes, a station that handled the coding of all projects subsumed under the system of Cooler.† (source)
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Some freshmen lost their fear very quickly; others lost their fear when it was subsumed by their total, passionate faith in the system.† (source)
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They looked like they'd been grown and nurtured in colossal vats, a jumble of mutated cells that had been made to grow around a mechanical core until the machinery and engines were subsumed and buried within living tissues.† (source)
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