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It can let us see that a rose, for example, excites receptors number 27, 72, and 112, while dog poop excites a different subset of receptors.
The Doctor Will Sniff You Now - Issue 95: Escape|Lina Zeldovich|February 3, 2021|Nautilus
Gray, the former Sanders press secretary, wishes all progressives would wise up and call themselves leftists, but she understands these semantic discussions are taking place among a tiny subset of highly engaged citizens.
Bernie Sanders is often called a liberal. He’d beg to differ. Who is actually a liberal?|Graham Vyse|February 2, 2021|Washington Post
According to Malwarebytes, the attacker had used "another intrusion vector" to gain access to a limited subset of company emails.
30% of “SolarWinds hack” victims didn’t actually use SolarWinds|Jim Salter|January 29, 2021|Ars Technica
He knew, however, that we consciously perceive only a subset of the total information our minds absorb from the world.
In our dreams, a theater of the unconscious|Nick Romeo|January 22, 2021|Washington Post

The list is a subset of the Terrorist Screening Database, designed to “identify individuals who are known or suspected terrorists,” the TSA said in a statement.
FAA issues special order aimed at cracking down on unruly airline passengers after Capitol riot|Lori Aratani|January 13, 2021|Washington Post
And in September 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ordered the release of a 21-photo subset.
The Detainee Abuse Photos Obama Didn’t Want You To See|Noah Shachtman, Tim Mak|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And every single time Sarkeezian has released a video, this same pathetic subset of the culture has called for her head.
Death of ‘Gamer’ Identity: How Hardcore Trolls Pwned Themselves|Alec Kubas-Meyer|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Finding even a small subset of these individuals means screening a lot of individuals.
The Genetic Heroes That Could Cure the Sick|Carrie Arnold|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There probably is a small subset of children whose autism would improve—slightly—with changes in diet.
No, PETA, Cow Milk Does Not Cause Autism|Kent Sepkowitz|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They acted as if music were a subset of the fashion or cinema or advertising industries.
Music Criticism Has Degenerated Into Lifestyle Reporting|Ted Gioia|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The compiler will be delivered with a fully defined subset of formula translation operators.
Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3)|Digital Equipment Corporation
A subset of the Sun Tzu example is the view that war is deception.
Shock and Awe|Harlan K. Ullman

British Dictionary definitions for subset

subset

/ (ˈsʌbˌsɛt) /

noun

maths

a set the members of which are all members of some given class: A is a subset of B is usually written A⊆B
proper subset one that is strictly contained within a larger class and excludes some of its membersSymbol: A⊂B

a set within a larger set

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Scientific definitions for subset

subset

[ sŭb′sĕt′ ]

A set whose members are all contained in another set. The set of positive integers, for example, is a subset of the set of integers.

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