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subsume

[suhb-soom] / səbˈsum /
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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

We are invited to subsume questions of law and of the application of law under the social ideal of the time and place.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound

Didacticism often subsumes narrative, with popular titles including Hands Are Not for Hitting and Everyone Poops.

From Slate Jul. 9, 2025

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

“Matrix,” meanwhile, subsumes us in a mythical world surrounded by real-life monsters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2021

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

For the remainder of the film, Brontë’s character Hindley Earnshaw is subsumed into Mr. Earnshaw.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2026

A woman in her position could very easily allow herself to be subsumed by the mechanism that protects celebrity.

From Salon Oct. 17, 2025

Matsumoto emphasizes the institutional aspect of our times by showing how the identities of individuals have become subsumed by their jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

But pollster David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, says they have been subsumed by the "existential threat" of the trade war with the US.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2025

But animated by voice those words are subsumed into sounds.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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

And as their A.I. gets better, it may well end up subsuming some of the products and features developers are building with the technology today.

From Slate Apr. 10, 2023

The e-Tron GT maintains that philosophy, subsuming its electric tech under a voluptuous grand-tourer body and a comforting blanket of Audi luxury.

From New York Times Mar. 10, 2022

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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