subset

Example Sentences

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The additional traffic from Lantern or other tools becomes a subset of a much larger whole.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

That, to him, suggested “targeted financial stress among a subset of participants.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

“They’re exposed to a subset of companies with fragile balance sheets,” Newman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The LA28 executive committee — a subset of its broader, 35-member board — said it took “allegations of misconduct seriously.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

This kind of science has been termed “neuroeconomics,” a subset of which is known as “delay discounting.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel