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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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And according to Luria, Amazon’s customer base is more diversified than most of its competitors, which could help the company if the tariffs acutely affect a particular subset of customers.
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Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Walking Towards Heart Health The research team from the Netherlands spent 11 years monitoring the Dutch population, analyzing a subset of data from Statistics Netherlands.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
The findings suggest that the shingles virus might play a role in causing at least a subset of dementia cases, Geldsetzer says, and the vaccine may protect against that.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2025
That just leaves a subset of this industry, the hospitals, trying to eke that out.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Walking Towards Heart Health The research team from the Netherlands spent 11 years monitoring the Dutch population, analyzing a subset of data from Statistics Netherlands.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
The findings suggest that the shingles virus might play a role in causing at least a subset of dementia cases, Geldsetzer says, and the vaccine may protect against that.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2025
That just leaves a subset of this industry, the hospitals, trying to eke that out.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Subset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subset. Accessed 16 Apr. 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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