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.
Recent Examples on the WebThere are three primary types of insomnia: sleep onset insomnia (difficulty falling asleep), sleep maintenance insomnia (difficulty staying asleep), and early waking, a subset of sleep maintenance insomnia, Mukkavilli says.—Jamie Friedlander Serrano, TIME, 6 June 2024 Closer attention is being paid to the subset of 15 patients treated at three therapeutically active doses, where the overall response rate (all partial tumor shrinkage) was 40%.—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 1 June 2024 In a world where so much truth is malleable and relative, there is a subset of that world in language where truth is fixed.—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 30 May 2024 Out of a subset of 560 reports, about 35% reported race and ethnicity bias motivation for the report.—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for subset
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