entailed

past tense of entail

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Recent Examples of entailed For years, Anthony’s job entailed watching hours of news and entertainment broadcasts, then flagging moments that might be funny or interesting enough to highlight during monologues. — Jesse McLaren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 Part of that deal, Variety reported at the time, entailed tens of millions of dollars in marketing spending to make the films feel as big as theatrical debuts. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 Scientists use this technique, called candling — which historically entailed holding up a burning candle — to assess the contents of shark eggs for health, viability and genetic diversity. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Neither Brock Purdy nor backup quarterback Mac Jones suited up, so if Martinez hadn’t been able to finish out the game, tight end Brayden Willis got prepped for emergency duty that would have entailed strictly handoffs, Shanahan said. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 One root of these problems, Fersko-Weiss believed, was an inability to communicate frankly about what death and dying entailed. — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 That entailed creating a sizzle reel with a lot of flashy effects in hopes of convincing Universal to get behind the new budget and schedule. — Geoffrey Bunting, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2026 And, as is true for any beauty writer, my tenure entailed a never-ending stream of unmarked boxes of products arriving at my doorstep with enough regularity to concern my neighbors. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 2 Aug. 2026 On Monday, the Intercept reported that the Pentagon has continued to lean into AI tools, and has cut the staff at the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, whose jobs entailed preventing civilian casualties in conflict zones. — ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entailed
Verb
  • The suspects who remained in Haiti awaiting trial included 17 Colombian soldiers and Joseph Badio, a former Haiti Ministry of Justice employee who was part of an anti-corruption unit.
    — EVENS SANON, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • While most have not dismissed Michelin quite like Lee above, there is quite a bit of head scratching over who was included, who was omitted, and how the ratings were awarded.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • These two men out and about trying to get Frasers to join the cause, however, sounds like a terrible time for all involved.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
  • There’s a wide range of dynamics involved in player communication that looks differently, but it’s been positive here.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • If that money train stalls, the effects won’t be contained to tech investors on Wall Street.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • And the sadistic acts 764 perpetrators promote are not always contained to a computer screen.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • His career has encompassed more than four decades, including four EuroLeague titles, with Virtus Bologna in 1998 and 2001 and CSKA Moscow in 2006 and 2008.
    — AJC Sports, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Edu’s position at Forest had also encompassed the other clubs across the football empire of owner and Greek shipping magnate Evangelos Marinakis, namely Greek side Olympiacos and Portuguese outfit Rio Ave.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • If the team succeeds, the result could transform a technology normally associated with large laboratory instruments into a compact quantum sensor that can be carried where the threat actually is.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The proposal laid out concrete details aimed at restoring traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which carried about a fifth of global oil and gas shipments before the war, reviving fragile hopes for a diplomatic off-ramp to the seven-month war.
    — Sam Meredith,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Entailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entailed. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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