as in including
to have as part of a whole
a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense
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Recent Examples of entailing
FedEx will offer modified services, mostly entailing early pickups, and most offices will be open.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Larger businesses, entailing companies with 50 or more employees, actually reported a net gain of 90,000 workers.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Larger businesses, entailing companies with 50 or more employees, actually reported a net gain of 90,000 workers.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entailing
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Felicia Anderson, 39, is wanted on a half-dozen criminal counts, including first-degree assault, second-degree assault and weapons violations.—
Alexa Ashwell,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2026
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Jones has 11 prior arrests, including for assault, strangulation and burglary.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Months earlier, the shooter had extensive conversations with ChatGPT discussing scenarios involving gun violence, the lawsuits allege.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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Given the importance of preserving relations with the FCC, which has a say over a range of local station matters and must approve any mergers involving the transfer of broadcast licenses, LeGeyt has deliberately avoided a direct clash with his Washington counterpart.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Leaving Italy for Paris, Jarmusch said the Italian equivalent of TSA had asked him what was in the box containing his Golden Lion.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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Ceasar Mitchell, an attorney representing KMT, told the DAFC board that Council member Linda Pritchett, who represents the district containing the Project Mapco site, wrote a letter in support of the tax break.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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According to a February 2024 review of 45 studies encompassing some 10 million people, eating 10% more ultraprocessed foods raised the risk of developing or dying from dozens of adverse health conditions.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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Formal theories encompassing the totality of mathematics do not concern them.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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Notably, these shakedown attempts come more than 15 years after Michael’s death, thus carrying no risk of being sued for defamation.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Asia-to-Europe or intra-Asia trade lanes often go through the strait, and vessels carrying cargo from other apparel manufacturing countries including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Myanmar are likely using the passage.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Entailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entailing. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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