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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
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.
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entailed
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After the second inning, nine of Kirby’s final 15 hitters reached base, a stretch that included the homers by Giménez, Springer and Guerrero.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Readers of Karp’s letters are likely to encounter a cast of characters that has included Saint Augustine, Richard Nixon, French author Michel Houellebecq, and Samuel Huntington (a 20th century Harvard political scientist).—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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That ignited a small brouhaha on the field as other players got involved.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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The rare earths involved this time around are indeed used in electric vehicles and drones—more pain for two industries already on the tariff struggle bus.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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The electrolyte surrounding the negative electrode contained glucose and active riboflavin, while the positive side used either potassium ferricyanide or oxygen.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, British sportswear brand Lonsdale’s blocky logo on T-shirts unintentionally contained a Nazi reference.—
Steve Salter,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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My reporting has encompassed a little bit of everything, from rising municipal budgets to tight local elections to overturned affordable housing developments.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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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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While Sachsen-class AAW frigates have carried the burden of air defense, the F125s were largely kept out of high-threat zones because of their limited missile range.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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Both healthy and sick sea stars carried a ton of Vibrio bacteria—which was expected, since the genus is found all over the ocean.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Entailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entailed. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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