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subset

noun as in set that is part of a larger set

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The team also identified a unique subset of oligomers found only in Parkinson's patients, which may represent the earliest detectable signs of the disease -- possibly appearing years before symptoms emerge.

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The breakneck pace is concentrated among a relatively small subset of workers at different companies, many of whom are trying to improve core AI models or take emerging capabilities and embed them into new products.

The Social Security Administration classifies anxiety as a subset of mental disorders that constitute a total of 3.9% of disability claims.

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Exercise influenced a smaller subset of these, partially restoring the balance.

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Even a cursory glance at the FBI’s actual history exposes that as another ideological fiction — a subset of the one about how unique or “indispensable” the United States is.

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