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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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Their big break ultimately came in the form of producer Clive Davis, who signed them up at Epic Records, a subset of Columbia Records.
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Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Chen said at a hearing Friday that the justices could have stayed silent as to that subset of people, but didn't.
—Arkansas Online, 3 June 2025
Chromatic aberration correction comes under this lens correction subset.
—PC Magazine, 28 May 2025
Unlike digital assets such as bitcoin, which can trade wildly, stablecoins are a subset of cryptocurrencies whose value is tied to that of a real-world asset, like the U.S. dollar.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 21 May 2025
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Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Chen said at a hearing Friday that the justices could have stayed silent as to that subset of people, but didn't.
—Arkansas Online, 3 June 2025
Chromatic aberration correction comes under this lens correction subset.
—PC Magazine, 28 May 2025
Unlike digital assets such as bitcoin, which can trade wildly, stablecoins are a subset of cryptocurrencies whose value is tied to that of a real-world asset, like the U.S. dollar.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 21 May 2025
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“Subset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subset. Accessed 14 Jun. 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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