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 large question now is whether a more corporate style of management at Movistar Plus+ in Spain will entail a pull back in film and TV investment, especially in top-flight artistically ambitious film/TV directors who have taken Movistar Plus+ onto the international stage.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
The authorities fear that any economic reform would entail a loss of political power, using the embargo to justify the system’s lack of productivity.
—Carlos Manuel Alvarez, Time, 24 Apr. 2026
The effort entails using tens of thousands of surrogate accounts to go undetected and complex tools to expose proprietary information, Krastios wrote.
—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
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John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
The authorities fear that any economic reform would entail a loss of political power, using the embargo to justify the system’s lack of productivity.
—Carlos Manuel Alvarez, Time, 24 Apr. 2026
The effort entails using tens of thousands of surrogate accounts to go undetected and complex tools to expose proprietary information, Krastios wrote.
—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
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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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Trump’s second term has proved so radical that officials from his first Administration—including a former chief of staff and a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—have referred to him as a fascist.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Paterakis said the driver's injuries included glass in his arm and hand.—
Jay Blackman,
NBC news,
4 May 2026
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The district encompasses some of the richest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, including Brentwood, Pacific Palisades and Playa Vista, but also has been plagued by homelessness issues and suffered the devastating and deadly Palisades fire, which destroyed thousands of homes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The futuristic-looking MBUX Hyperscreen is the dominant interior feature, encompassing the entire dashboard.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
1 May 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 6 May. 2026.
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