subset
Example Sentences
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There are at least 14 known subsets, or “cliques,” with names such as Ballista Street, Blackwood Street, Northam Street and Dial Avenue, taken from areas where leaders live.
From Los Angeles Times
She says emerging research shows that only a "subset of flu-positive individuals actually shed infectious influenza virus into the air".
From BBC
Sun’s husband, Chris Hu, faces a subset of the charges in the same trial and his lawyers argue that his business activity was unrelated to her connections.
Fewer birth-dose hepatitis B shots will mean more chronic infections, which will then lead to higher spending on liver disease, including expensive antiviral therapy, hospitalizations and a subset of patients who will need transplantation.
From MarketWatch
Coupland notes the brief Cyber Monday outage affected only a subset of users and doesn’t overshadow sales momentum.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
