subset
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sub·set
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Definition of subset
Examples of subset in a Sentence
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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After the rejection, Ampligen sites dwindled, but Peterson continued treating patients, trying to discern which subsets were most likely to respond to the drug. — Mike Mariani, The New Yorker, "A Town for People with Chronic Fatigue," 3 Sep. 2019 Now some subset of these products is causing a serious lung disease that even cigarettes, while lethal in the long run, don’t cause in young people. — New York Times, "The Mysterious Vaping Illness That’s ‘Becoming an Epidemic’," 31 Aug. 2019 Now some subset of these products is causing a serious lung disease that even cigarettes, while lethal in the long run, don’t cause in young people. — Matt Richtel, BostonGlobe.com, "The mysterious vaping illness that’s ‘becoming an epidemic’," 31 Aug. 2019 Cook told Reuters that results for mainland China, a subset of Apple’s greater China region, were positive. — Washington Post, "Consumer spending, incomes up in June," 31 July 2019 There are many reasons for that, but the main one almost certainly is mental illness (and substance abuse as a subset of that). — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "What Noah Smith Gets Wrong about Poverty," 31 July 2019 While vaccines currently prevent 2 to 3 million deaths a year globally, a subset of the U.S. population still refuses to vaccinate their children. — Janie Oyakawa As Told To Korin Miller, SELF, "I Used to Be An Anti-Vaxxer. Here’s What Changed My Mind.," 26 Aug. 2019 In warm prehistoric seas, a subset of these behemoths used their anchor-like stems to grip floating logs and surf in colonies hundreds strong. — Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian, "Ancient Sea Life May Have Hitched Across Oceans on Giant Living Rafts," 12 Aug. 2019 In addition to remaining unperturbed by the outside world, this specific subset of cells tended to spike regularly at gamma-range intervals, like a metronome. — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, "“Metronome” Neurons Act Like Timekeepers in Mouse Brains," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'subset.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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subset
noun
English Language Learners Definition of subset
technical
: a group of things, people, etc., that is part of a larger group
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subset
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sub·set
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Kids Definition of subset
: a small division or portion
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