as in involves
to have as part of a whole
a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense
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Recent Examples of entails
That entails being a bridge between design staff and Apple’s top brass.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Catching an Uber entails heading for the resort’s vehicle entrance first, as the gate staff only allows guests or transportation for guests inside.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
The American President offered few details about what the framework entails.
—Nik Popli, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
Huckaby said balancing being a mom while also snowboarding at an elite level and the training that entails can be challenging and takes a lot of self-compassion.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Yogananda’s book, The Second Coming of Christ, posits that the Second Coming is not necessarily literal, but instead entails an awakening of the divine consciousness in ourselves.
—Rina Raphael, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Service reliability entails transparent pricing with no hidden fees, flexibility in contract duration, and simple policies on equipment replacement and service interruption.
—Craig Lebrau, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
This entails significant policy and legal implications and ramifications.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
This entails more for homes than just shoveling and slippery roadways.
—Connie Etemadi, Freep.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Catching an Uber entails heading for the resort’s vehicle entrance first, as the gate staff only allows guests or transportation for guests inside.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
The American President offered few details about what the framework entails.
—Nik Popli, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
Huckaby said balancing being a mom while also snowboarding at an elite level and the training that entails can be challenging and takes a lot of self-compassion.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Yogananda’s book, The Second Coming of Christ, posits that the Second Coming is not necessarily literal, but instead entails an awakening of the divine consciousness in ourselves.
—Rina Raphael, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Service reliability entails transparent pricing with no hidden fees, flexibility in contract duration, and simple policies on equipment replacement and service interruption.
—Craig Lebrau, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
This entails significant policy and legal implications and ramifications.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
This entails more for homes than just shoveling and slippery roadways.
—Connie Etemadi, Freep.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entails
Verb
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A lot of this involves watchfulness—noticing what the preferring mind (that is, the editing mind) as put in place, and accepting it, and building upon it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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The long answer involves several aspects of shoe manufacturing and sales.—
Maggie Slepian,
Outside,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Raise the Future offers Family Support Services to help foster and adoptive families navigate the trauma that children have experienced, and that includes kinship families.—
Libby Smith,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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This includes subtle feedback that traditional simulators often miss.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The unit encompasses a generous 8,050 square feet of land.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, which includes 30 stocks, has a history of comfortably outperforming its benchmark that encompasses all three indices—the S&P 500, S&P mid-cap, and Russell 2000.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Use Paint to Refresh Cracked Wood Start by cleaning the wood with hot, soapy water that contains a degreasing agent.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
11 Jan. 2026
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DeFi advocates also want to ensure the market structure bill contains language allowing individuals to self-custody their crypto.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Entails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entails. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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