entailing

present participle of entail

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Recent Examples of entailing The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, had laid out a three-phase plan for Venezuela, entailing stabilization, recovery, and, ultimately, a political transition. Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 23 July 2026 Following his first meeting at the helm Wednesday, Warsh outlined the plan — a sprawling, ambitious endeavor entailing five task forces that will utilize resources and experts within the Fed and from the outside. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 21 June 2026 And in a separate joint paper, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Lithuania called on the EU to explore a new measure to limit over-reliance on a single country, possibly entailing new tariffs or quotas. Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 June 2026 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. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entailing
Verb
  • The house sells most of its Champagne in European markets, including Britain, Belgium, Italy and Spain, as well as in West Africa, with smaller volumes going to the United States and Asia, Bonnet-Gobillard said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Hernandez was released the same day on a $50,000 personal recognizance bond with certain conditions, including not to operate any boats or vessels.
    Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The investigation began after the sheriff's office received reports of possible fraudulent sales involving RVs placed on consignment in March.
    Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • An imagined 2014 case involving State Farm was cited to convince a judge that the company was, ultimately, not responsible for covering all the damage to the plaintiff’s home.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The researchers also found that an item containing copper and gold had been inserted into Zosia’s mouth or nose after death.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Bernard sketches out the location of Silo 1, at the center of seven complexes, each containing seven silos.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This emotional rift is deeper than just the family’s disagreements about what to grow and how, encompassing the brutal history of genocide and displacement that is embedded deep in America’s agricultural history.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The ranking measures the most popular tracks classified as both Latin and rhythm, according to Billboard, with the melding of the styles encompassing pieces of other subgenres as well, including reggaeton and Latin hip-hop.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In 2012, a smiling Jason Arday was photographed by the British press carrying the Olympic flame in the torch relay that preceded the London Games.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The crash involved the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that originally launched on January 15, 2025, carrying two commercial lunar landers.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Entailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entailing. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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