inclusive of

preposition

: including or taking into account
the cost of building inclusive of materials

Examples of inclusive of in a Sentence

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The segment booked $23 billion in orders during the quarter, with the backlog exiting the period at a record $101 billion, not inclusive of the F/A-XX contract win. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026 One of the standouts, though, has been software company SAP, which for more than a decade has tried to be inclusive of neurodivergent people in the hiring process and to offer resources after hiring through its Autism at Work program. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026 Hamilton’s church, the Church of the Resurrection, was at the forefront of making the Methodist church more inclusive of LGBTQ congregants, but many churches also supported the change. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026 Elliott took Barnes & Noble private, for six hundred and eighty-three million dollars, inclusive of debt. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inclusive of

Word History

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of inclusive of was in 1709

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“Inclusive of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inclusive%20of. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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