1. included or absorbed into something larger or more comprehensive
Usage: past tense and past participle of ‘subsume’; formal

Examples

• The smaller company was subsumed into the larger corporation after the merger.
• Individual concerns were subsumed under the broader policy goals.
• Her personal identity seemed subsumed by her professional role.
• The local traditions were gradually subsumed into the dominant culture.
• All previous research on this topic has been subsumed by the new comprehensive study.
• The minor details were subsumed within the main argument of the thesis.