subsumes
- present tense form of subsume (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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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
