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  • noun Plural form of subset.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subset.

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Examples

  • But some books belong to certain subsets of the population.

    What Happened to . . .? Roger Sutton 2009

  • And I'm no expert on the comparative virtues of these different breast imaging techniques, but what I gather from talking to people is that some of them do have promise, some of them are appropriate, as Dr. Brawley suggests, for certain subsets of women.

    Sorting Through Mammogram Confusion 2010

  • That was probably easier than I meant it to be, though, let's face it, The Stooges, The Kooks, The Roots, The Presets, The Honey Drips and The Gutter Twins could all also describe certain subsets of the Democratic party.

    A Taxonomy of Delegates - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • No, I'd only label the subsets of people in those professions who make courageous decisions as courageous, not all of them.

    Congratulations are in Order 2006

  • Remember, though, that constructing individual stories within 200-word subsets is quite challenging.

    PaGaLGuY.com - India's biggest website for MBA in India, International MBA, CAT, XAT, SNAP, MAT 2010

  • "Several different pathways likely contribute to the gene expression subsets in scleroderma, and each subset may need to be treated differently," Whitfield says, before adding, "We're getting inquiries from rheumatologists and companies that are looking at drug trials."

    unknown title 2009

  • But with CloudContacts, I can't categorize or tag subsets of my contact list for selective import into Gmail.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0 2009

  • "Several different pathways likely contribute to the gene expression subsets in scleroderma, and each subset may need to be treated differently," Whitfield says, before adding, "We're getting inquiries from rheumatologists and companies that are looking at drug trials."

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • One can argue that all models are subsets which is more than fair.

    Empiricism and Global Warming, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • You couldn't answer, so went off of a snipe hunt talking ranting about creationism and "subsets" of ID, blah blah blah … Once again we see a cornered IDist trying everything possible to avoid backing up a claim he has made.

    The Memory Hole 2005

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