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
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In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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His criminal history included three felony convictions, according to a USA TODAY review of court documents.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The document appears to help Cook’s case, said two real-estate experts who aren’t involved in representing her.—
Chris Prentice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Zach Bryan and Gavin Adcock were involved in a heated confrontation that nearly turned physical at the Born & Raised Festival in Pryor, Oklahoma.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
14 Sep. 2025
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On a sunny Tuesday morning, 35-year-old Rita Guerrero stepped out from her door on North Mariposa Street, lively pup Olive barely contained by her leash.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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Police quickly contained the situation as around 150 mostly young demonstrators chanted anti-police slogans in a largely calm atmosphere.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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For the previous benchmark revision, which encompassed the 12 months prior to March 2024, the initial total was 818,000 fewer jobs, later adjusted in February 2025 to 598,000, still the largest downward move since 2009.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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By mid-century, the ice had retreated eastward but still encompassed Prow Knob.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Only three currently represent districts Harris carried last year.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The guardrail to this application is ensuring the rules, framework and sourcing are continually validated, and that assumptions are not allowed to be carried versus validated continually.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Entailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entailed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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