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subsume

[suhb-soom] / səbˈsum /
VERB
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Antonyms
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

To sustain this unity, one must subsume one’s own needs for the greater good.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

Among the evolutional attempts to subsume the course of history under general syntheses, perhaps the most important is that of Lamprecht, whose "kulturhistorische" attempt to discover and assign the determining causes.

From Evolution in Modern Thought by Weismann, August




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