as in to involve
to have as part of a whole
a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense
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Recent Examples of entail
The effort entails using tens of thousands of surrogate accounts to go undetected and complex tools to expose proprietary information, Krastios wrote.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
The process entailed a trial at JEPLAN’s Kitakyushu Hibikinada Pilot plant.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
But Place and Gogolak note that this option entails storage, insurance and wider price gaps between buying and selling.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Researching the role of Mother Mary entailed both actorly imagination and intense preparation.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
The process entailed a trial at JEPLAN’s Kitakyushu Hibikinada Pilot plant.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
But Place and Gogolak note that this option entails storage, insurance and wider price gaps between buying and selling.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Researching the role of Mother Mary entailed both actorly imagination and intense preparation.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entail
Verb
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But because the racing league is involved, AMC needs to step cautiously.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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His incredulity about their increasingly risky adventures—this is the one that involves a Pontiac Fiero in outer space—becomes one of the film’s running gags.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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Five of the Cowboys’ seven picks in this year’s draft, including all three made on the first two days, were spent on defensive players.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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That includes what triggered the suspect, what brought him to Washington, and whether there might be any potential copycats who might want to do follow-on attacks, as is often the case after a presidential assassination attempt, the official said.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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That tally encompasses the costs leading up to the date, including transportation and grooming, as well as what’s actually spent during the date.—
Charlotte Morabito,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2026
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Cromeens, district attorney for the 24th Judicial District, which encompasses six South Texas counties, was brought in as a special prosecutor.—
Gabriella Ybarra,
San Antonio Express-News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Still, even as the memes become borderline unintelligible, Kirkslop contains an air of transgression that imbues the otherwise inane edits and images with perverse political undercurrents.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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The group contains multiple doctors and lawyers.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Entail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entail. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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