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The set {1,2,3} is a subset of the set {1,2,3,4,5}.
Only a small subset of the patients in the study experienced these side effects.
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The injunction there was just against that small subset.
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
State of play: Hospitals increasingly use tools that harness machine learning, a subset of AI that focuses on systems that continuously learn and adjust as they're given new data.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
Those 50 paid voting members are subset of the Globes voting body, which is currently comprised of 300 members representing 85 countries.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Further afield for growers, there’s potential to use Machine Learning—one of four subsets of AI—to assist with grape yields, harvest projections and other viticultural activities.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
State of play: Hospitals increasingly use tools that harness machine learning, a subset of AI that focuses on systems that continuously learn and adjust as they're given new data.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
Those 50 paid voting members are subset of the Globes voting body, which is currently comprised of 300 members representing 85 countries.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Further afield for growers, there’s potential to use Machine Learning—one of four subsets of AI—to assist with grape yields, harvest projections and other viticultural activities.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Subset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subset. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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subset
noun
sub·set
ˈsəb-ˌset 
: a mathematical set that is a part of another mathematical set
the set of even numbers is a subset of the set of all numbers
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