subset

Example Sentences

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They advanced thanks to a small subset of voters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“If they can’t get sufficient investment from the private sector to maximize AI development and deployment, then they will consider taking stakes in some subset of it,” Haines told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

"Until relatively recently, this subset of igneous rocks were mere curiosities," said Gibson.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

It also means there’s a likely a subset of names that are too cheap—and ready to rally.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

He refers to that subset a second time, and so it’s time to switch back to the definite: Most of these herons.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker