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- verb Present participle of
subsume .
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Examples
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And then 'subsuming' (such is the technical phrase -- _subsuming_) Socrates under the rule by a minor proposition -- viz. Socrates is a man -- we are able mediately to connect him with the predicate of that rule, viz,
Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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It requires a huge sacrifice to translate, and the subsuming of the individuals to the guild is fascinating and works well.
A nice blog review of Lost in Translation ewillett 2010
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I fear that these cuts are the beginning of a process of running it down and subsuming it into the Europeanisation of our hard-won military prowess.
Azeem Ibrahim: Will the UK Government's Defense Cuts Make a European Army More Likely? Azeem Ibrahim 2010
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I fear that these cuts are the beginning of a process of running it down and subsuming it into the Europeanisation of our hard-won military prowess.
Azeem Ibrahim: Will the UK Government's Defense Cuts Make a European Army More Likely? Azeem Ibrahim 2010
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I fear that these cuts are the beginning of a process of running it down and subsuming it into the Europeanisation of our hard-won military prowess.
Azeem Ibrahim: Will the UK Government's Defense Cuts Make a European Army More Likely? Azeem Ibrahim 2010
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Medieval Catholicism, Mr. Gregory explains, had been an "institutionalized worldview," subsuming many different practices and outlooks under one moral and spiritual authority.
Blame It on Calvin & Luther Barton Swaim 2012
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Early Christianity was itself adept at appropriating the good ideas of others, aggressively subsuming countless pagan practices which modern atheists now tend to avoid in the mistaken belief that they are indelibly Christian.
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Likem really, we don't want guys subsuming their personality and faking interest in people in order to get laid.
My growing feminism will cut you in half like a righteous blade of equality. karenhealey 2010
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It requires a huge sacrifice to translate, and the subsuming of the individuals to the guild is fascinating and works well.
A nice blog review of Lost in Translation ewillett 2010
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After the “collapse” of RUMASA the trade went into freefall, with sales declining substantially; this led to a series of mergers and the disappearance or subsuming of some great old names.
Is sherry’s retro image ripe for a makeover? On public radio’s Marketplace | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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