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as in all-inclusive
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as in ambient
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as in surrounding
to form a circle around
a necklace of sapphire-blue lakes encompasses the town
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as in including
to have as part of a whole
textbooks on American history are now likely to encompass its social history as well as its political and military history
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as in enveloping
to surround or cover closely
a fog of mystery has long encompassed this fraternal organization, which is known for its secret rituals
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Recent Examples of encompassing
Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
The wind advisory is even more widespread, encompassing nearly the entire state.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Kim explores social and historical themes including modernization, militarism, and migration through a practice encompassing sound, video, and installation art.
—News Desk, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2025
Alongside encompassing every song from The Show of a Lost World, the film showcases a five-song set marking the 45th anniversary of their sophomore LP, Seventeen Seconds.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
Flashback currently has nine titles in development encompassing live action features, animation and episodic series.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
Sudden Death Syndrome is a broad, umbrella term encompassing a variety of conditions, including Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The Change is like an over-encompassing word and the movement for every possible change.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
The Viewer Products team will focus on the viewer experience, encompassing the YouTube main app, living room, search and discovery, YouTube Kids, learning, infrastructure, and trust and safety.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Equally important, these countries have coordinated policy stances within more encompassing multilateral frameworks, such as the United Nations and its agencies, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization, and the G-20.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
Although full-scale extraction remains years away, the commercial groundwork, encompassing propulsion, autonomy, refining, and logistics, is being actively laid.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
The wind advisory is even more widespread, encompassing nearly the entire state.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Kim explores social and historical themes including modernization, militarism, and migration through a practice encompassing sound, video, and installation art.
—News Desk, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2025
Alongside encompassing every song from The Show of a Lost World, the film showcases a five-song set marking the 45th anniversary of their sophomore LP, Seventeen Seconds.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
Flashback currently has nine titles in development encompassing live action features, animation and episodic series.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
Sudden Death Syndrome is a broad, umbrella term encompassing a variety of conditions, including Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The Change is like an over-encompassing word and the movement for every possible change.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
The Viewer Products team will focus on the viewer experience, encompassing the YouTube main app, living room, search and discovery, YouTube Kids, learning, infrastructure, and trust and safety.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encompassing
Adjective
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The transformation comes as Club Med continues to adapt its legacy all-inclusive model to the tastes of modern travelers, who increasingly seek effortless convenience and authentic experiences.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
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Regent Seven Seas Cruises are also all-inclusive and take travelers on grand voyages across Asia and Europe, around Australia and Africa, and up and down America’s coastlines.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Lenovo positions it as a personal ambient intelligence that stays present across devices instead of living inside individual apps.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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The station, made possible by a $411,000 award from the Environmental Protection Agency, is intended to monitor ambient air quality in the region.—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Yet there's been internal stress due to layoffs, return-to-office mandates and controversy surrounding Microsoft's contracts.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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According to The Sacramento Bee's Jason Anderson, a league source said the Kings haven’t engaged the Grizzlies in trade talks amid the recent circumstances surrounding Morant.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Hornets made two interceptions, including one by Koa Akui, the team leader with five picks.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The farm in the mountains south of Fayetteville grows nine different varieties of lettuce, including red and green varieties of Bibb, Oakleaf and Sweet Crisp lettuces, romaine, arugula, kale, bok choy, microgreens, as well as herbs like basil, thyme and oregano.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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That enveloping sense of coziness is one reason why Gilmore Girls continues to feel like a communal dreamscape, with scores of fans making it as much of an autumn tradition as Halloween costumes and pumpkin spice lattes.—
Mara Reinstein,
Architectural Digest,
30 Oct. 2025
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Neroli and ambrox, a type of musk that’s found in many popular perfumes for women as well, round the edges of the fragrance and give it a creamy, enveloping suppleness that’s hard to find in most fresh scents.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Nominees will be put through a comprehensive and rigorous process of researching and scoring across a wide range of quantitative and qualitative criteria, including scalability, revenue and user growth, and the use of breakthrough technology.—
CNBC.com staff,
CNBC,
6 Jan. 2026
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In an important essay, Andrew Sullivan noted this past fall that Trump’s indecency is comprehensive in style and substance.—
Jeffrey Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The system uses the infrared wavelength—invisible to the naked eye—as opposed to visible light to prevent the signals from interfering with the residual peripheral vision the subjects still have.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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For players, the potential advantages include a much larger accessible library, the combination of local hardware, cloud, and PC options in a single device, and stronger peripheral and mod support typical of Windows.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There is a lot of red—99 naval and coast guard vessels, to be precise, completely encircling Taiwan during PLA exercises last December.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The vents encircling the stand’s rounded top handle cooling.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Encompassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encompassing. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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