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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
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.
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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
Culver briefly covered women’s clubs until becoming the paper’s religion editor, a role that largely entailed culling wire copy and posting notices about church meetings.
—Susan Greene, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Head coach Dave Canales answered to all that entailed from the crazy comeback effort.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
In contrast, Globalstar’s application for the HIBLEO-XL-1 in Europe entailed sending up to 3,080 satellites into LEO.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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
Culver briefly covered women’s clubs until becoming the paper’s religion editor, a role that largely entailed culling wire copy and posting notices about church meetings.
—Susan Greene, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Head coach Dave Canales answered to all that entailed from the crazy comeback effort.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
In contrast, Globalstar’s application for the HIBLEO-XL-1 in Europe entailed sending up to 3,080 satellites into LEO.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entailed
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Analyzing its grocery orders that included candy in 2024, Instacart found each state's Halloween candy preferences.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Big winners in Europe in the third quarter included Spanish stocks, the banking sector and chip giant ASML.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Police spoke with the owner of Merchants Refrigeration, who suspected Arfsten, an employee, may have been involved in the incident.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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In May, Van Hecke was involved in an altercation in training with then-Brighton team-mate Joao Pedro.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Between 2018 and 2022, more than two-thirds of cases of female breast cancer were diagnosed at a localized stage, meaning the cancer was contained to the breast, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Safdie may have found a new way to make a sports drama, one that relies less on the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat and more on all that is contained in the ambivalent middle.—
Richard Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Creativity is one characteristic the Giants haven’t lacked during the prolonged funk that has encompassed the franchise.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Running March 2023 to December 2024, the Eras Tour encompassed Swift’s entire repertoire, spanning 149 shows across 51 cities to become the highest-grossing tour of all time.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
4 Oct. 2025
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Federal officers carried four people into the ICE facility on Tuesday night, according to CNN affiliate KATU.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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While the changes would result in the 10-term congresswoman’s district shifting rightward by about 15 points, Kamala Harris still would have carried it by nearly 13% in the presidential election.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Entailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entailed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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