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
The event was not a crash, according to Davis, but the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has not yet said what the medical incident entailed.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
County officials declined to say more about exactly what those challenges entailed, and Tri-City was similarly vague.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
The expropriation entailed the government seizing a 51% equity stake in YPF.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
My favorite outing was one of the premium add-ons that entailed kayaking from Lake Superior in Canada through the famed Soo Locks in Sault Ste.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 22 Aug. 2025
The good news is that the production of plastics per se does not translate into direct tipping point thresholds on emissions which the climate change treaty, or indeed the ozone treaty entailed.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Pettersen said posters in the facility encouraged detainees to self-deport — but there was little to no information about what the process entailed.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
Evie’s job was in design, which mostly entailed choosing typefaces and superimposing them onto photographs taken by someone else—a luxury sailboat anchored off the white sands of Tahiti, for example; a tattooed ceramicist staring from her studio; a plump, healthy chicken poised for slaughter.
—Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
County officials declined to say more about exactly what those challenges entailed, and Tri-City was similarly vague.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
The expropriation entailed the government seizing a 51% equity stake in YPF.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
My favorite outing was one of the premium add-ons that entailed kayaking from Lake Superior in Canada through the famed Soo Locks in Sault Ste.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 22 Aug. 2025
The good news is that the production of plastics per se does not translate into direct tipping point thresholds on emissions which the climate change treaty, or indeed the ozone treaty entailed.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Pettersen said posters in the facility encouraged detainees to self-deport — but there was little to no information about what the process entailed.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
Evie’s job was in design, which mostly entailed choosing typefaces and superimposing them onto photographs taken by someone else—a luxury sailboat anchored off the white sands of Tahiti, for example; a tattooed ceramicist staring from her studio; a plump, healthy chicken poised for slaughter.
—Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entailed
Verb
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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,
4 Sep. 2025
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The drugs included protonitazene and metonitazene, two synthetic opioids with respective potencies of 100 and 200 times more powerful than morphine, court documents say.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Those involved in the parade rolled by in a colorful blur on roller skates, performed flag dances and wielded bubble makers.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Sep. 2025
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Unless stated, our reporters have spoken to more than one person briefed on each deal before offering the clubs involved the opportunity to comment.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After the fire is fully contained, the next step is to control it.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The fire is yet to be contained.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The toughest question is whether AI psychosis is nothing new and can already be encompassed by existing mental disorders.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Additional alerts covered parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York locales along Lake Erie and encompassed areas around Cleveland, Erie, and Buffalo.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Even sparks or embers carried by the wind can ignite nearby leaves or grass, triggering a fire that spreads rapidly.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Jackson, on Thursday and in her book, credited much of her accomplishments to her birth into a post-Civil Rights America and to the support system that carried her through it.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Entailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entailed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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