subsume
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And Tucker Carlson’s sobriety story, where even in a moment of honest vulnerability, one can feel the fictional character he plays on television ready to subsume the man at any moment.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2026
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
Now subsume Christ hath, by virtue of gift, as Mediator, the priestly office; therefore, by Mr Coleman's principles, Christ hath of himself originally, as God, the priestly office.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
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 ● Feb. 19, 2026
But we won’t have to wait for that dark moment when it subsumes our reality; we’re already all too willing to alter reality in our own minds.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2026
Says Dr. Wong: "In this new paper, we consider evolution in the broadest sense -- change over time -- which subsumes Darwinian evolution based upon the particulars of 'descent with modification.'"
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2023
His résumé reveals a long career as an ensemble player, a sidekick, lately a dad, nearly always an actor who subsumes himself to the character.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
Vermeer’s mastery of light’s expressive qualities elevates his concern for the reality of appearance to the level of poetry and subsumes its visual and symbolic possibilities.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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You remember the rhythms and twinkly synths more than the melodies, and Madonna allows her own voice to be subsumed in the music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
It’s rare to watch an actor contend with their decisions so forthrightly, to admit to and accept the fact that they’ve let themselves be subsumed by stardom.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2025
It was abolished in 2012 and subsumed into NHS England.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
In his mind, all art had been subsumed into his ‘new’ form of music drama.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Even more consequential was the trust that the Barbers placed in Marshall Stearns, who had an academic pedigree in medieval literature and a subsuming interest in the ethnomusicology of jazz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
His death allowed Franco to eliminate a rival and take control of the Falangists, subsuming them to a broader far-right movement that supported his dictatorship.
From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2023
As she spent time subsuming herself in the writing of others, she began to think more about her own creative ambitions.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
We were required to have "personality" and "quirk," but only within certain parameters, subsuming our own feelings at the risk of making guests uncomfortable, despite how they might make us feel.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2020
On Harry dug, deeper and deeper into the hard, cold earth, subsuming his grief in sweat, denying the pain in his scar.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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