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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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Through this, the team was able to see that new memories were replayed and cemented in the brain during a fleeting moment in one of the non-REM sleep stage subsets, which corresponded with the animals' pupils appearing contracted.
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New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
But in 2015, scientists in South Korea demonstrated that people with a disease called focal epilepsy can develop seizures because of somatic mutations that create faulty genes in a subset of brain cells.
—Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
These reports are subsets of the brand’s Annual Global Retirement Index, which the company released early due to the increase in demand after the recent presidential election.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
To determine how many endangered bats a wind farm kills, for example, the developer will hire consultants to go out to a subset of turbines and search the ground for dead animals, Shuey said.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2024
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New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
But in 2015, scientists in South Korea demonstrated that people with a disease called focal epilepsy can develop seizures because of somatic mutations that create faulty genes in a subset of brain cells.
—Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
These reports are subsets of the brand’s Annual Global Retirement Index, which the company released early due to the increase in demand after the recent presidential election.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
To determine how many endangered bats a wind farm kills, for example, the developer will hire consultants to go out to a subset of turbines and search the ground for dead animals, Shuey said.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Subset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subset. Accessed 18 Jan. 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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