subsume
Example Sentences
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But to say the administration can be defined as a lack of character—the term subsumes all those other judgments, and is much harder to question.
From Los Angeles Times
The tiny microphone has taken over city streets and college towns, while subsuming video-based social media entirely.
From Salon
Washington’s intention to wage a humane and gentlemanly war for American independence was subsumed by proliferating mayhem, especially on the remote frontiers, where practices such as scalping were well established.
They were deep in conversation and seemed familiar with one another, their words mostly subsumed by the music playing in the background.
From Literature
The novel echoes thinkers like Hannah Arendt in pointing out how true-believing functionaries, the butt of ridicule in “normal” times, can help subsume all reason and decency to usurp a compliant and too-comfortable ruling class.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
