as in included
to have as part of a whole
a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense
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Recent Examples of entailed
After wrapping on Days in June, Rogers began a treatment plan that entailed daily radiation and chemo every day for six weeks.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
The build was subject to special inspections, which entailed the county sampling the concrete mix each day the machine was operating, similar to inspections used for commercial projects.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
That business entailed makeup and skin care, and terms of the deal were not disclosed.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Canada’s alliance with a relatively benign Washington always entailed some risk.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Since Swiss Water focuses entirely on decaf, setting up a subscription only entailed deciding my delivery frequency.
—Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
In the past, this was a complicated procedure that entailed stripping out the varicose veins in the operating room with the patient under general anesthesia.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Their political project mostly entailed blocking the government from doing things, and had a more diffuse spirit that better allowed its candidates to run on different messages in different places.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
The two tiny hatchlings, each weighing only 3 grams, were taken into surgery and received an operation that entailed the vascular tissue being cut and the yolk sacs being sewn closed.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
The build was subject to special inspections, which entailed the county sampling the concrete mix each day the machine was operating, similar to inspections used for commercial projects.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
That business entailed makeup and skin care, and terms of the deal were not disclosed.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Canada’s alliance with a relatively benign Washington always entailed some risk.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Since Swiss Water focuses entirely on decaf, setting up a subscription only entailed deciding my delivery frequency.
—Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
In the past, this was a complicated procedure that entailed stripping out the varicose veins in the operating room with the patient under general anesthesia.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Their political project mostly entailed blocking the government from doing things, and had a more diffuse spirit that better allowed its candidates to run on different messages in different places.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
The two tiny hatchlings, each weighing only 3 grams, were taken into surgery and received an operation that entailed the vascular tissue being cut and the yolk sacs being sewn closed.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entailed
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Airports particularly affected at that time included San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in California (56 disruptions), Miami International Airport (MIA) in Florida (36) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in California (28).—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Daniel also has and continues to be involved in podcasting at the newspaper.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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Cut the Crap came out in November 1985, and got instantly repudiated by Joe Strummer and anyone else involved with it.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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As of Wednesday afternoon, the fire has been fully contained.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The blaze is now contained, but a shelter-in-place order remains in effect for the area around the airport.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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In 1987, Pelosi won a special election for California's then-5th Congressional District which encompassed most of the city of San Francisco.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and María Luisa Manrique de Lara y Gonzaga (a rather pompous name that encompassed two major hereditary estates, a principality, a county, a marquisate, and, for a time, a viceroyalty) met in 1680 in Mexico City.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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The show, which was slated to be carried live by the network and stream on Peacock, has reportedly been shelved in order to allow Snoop to focus on his gig as a Winter Olympics correspondent.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lee performed two new songs early on during the set, both of which carried the hazy radio-skipping nostalgia of Diamond Jubilee.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Entailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entailed. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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