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subsume

[suhb-soom] / səbˈsum /
VERB
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STRONG


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It's a vital question at a time when artificial intelligence threatens to subsume Hollywood.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

As directed by Mr. Villazón, the chorus, which plays a major role in the opera, is not benign: Its goal is to subsume Amina and suppress rebellion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Eventually, this observation takes on remarkable proportions as their lives subsume his own after he begins handling their public relations concerns.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024

The pressures on women to subsume their ambitions to patriarchal expectations are more familiar than the particular condition that drove Patrick to buckle under them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2023

Later, LoD was to subsume the personnel of the hacker group "Tribunal of Knowledge."

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce




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