Example Sentences

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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

As a filmmaker, White subsumes his own point of view, and the film never takes any critical or contrary stance toward its subject matter.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Indeed, Drake’s work subsumes what would be a traditional approach based on the “male gaze” — reclaiming the ability for women to tell their own story on their own terms.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2021

All the awkwardness they’ve never had finally subsumes them.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2020

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