as in including
to have as part of a whole
a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense
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Recent Examples of entailing
If wanting to ascribe feelings to the nonhuman world is an anthropocentric crime, the opposite—failure to ascribe feelings to animals, or to respond creatively to plants—seems much worse, entailing an inert, clockwork universe of mechanistic automata, in which humans are the only conscious actors.
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Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
FedEx will offer modified services, mostly entailing early pickups, and most offices will be open.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Larger businesses, entailing companies with 50 or more employees, actually reported a net gain of 90,000 workers.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
FedEx will offer modified services, mostly entailing early pickups, and most offices will be open.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Larger businesses, entailing companies with 50 or more employees, actually reported a net gain of 90,000 workers.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entailing
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This article was created by content specialists using various tools, including AI.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
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Many of those individuals were accused of violent crimes, including homicide, assault, burglary and drug offenses, according to the agency.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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Parker, who serves as the chief of staff at Cook Children’s Hospital, has filed a conflict of interest form disclosing her employment and regularly recuses herself from votes involving city business with the hospital network.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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The stereotypes of casting Latinos as criminals on screen persisted, with one in four immigrant characters cast in roles involving drug dealing, smuggling, and human trafficking.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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Now Yan and his colleagues have developed an acoustic synapse containing multiple phi-bits.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
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Evidence Of Ancient Solstice Ceremonies The excavations at Bulford revealed 48 pits containing pottery, animal bone, worked flints and charcoal.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Crunchyroll increasingly views the business through a wider ecosystem encompassing theatrical releases, merchandise, gaming, live events and online communities.—
Lin Ying-Hsuan,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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Over one eight-game stretch—encompassing the final first-round game against Atlanta, the four-game sweep of Philadelphia, and the first three conference finals wins over Cleveland, Bridges shot 69% from the field.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
14 June 2026
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The targeting led the Russians to use an alternative route, according to the Ukrainian military, with a large number of trucks carrying military supplies sent further west.—
Gianluca Mezzofiore,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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So my whole upbringing was hiding and carrying this huge weight and secret.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2026
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“Entailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entailing. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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