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Recent Examples of entrain
To keep dirt particles kicked up by the beater brush entrained in the airstream, the air needed to move fast.
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2025
If a bunch of grandfather clocks are put in room together, for example, the biggest amplitude signal will entrain the others.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
In the inner solar system—this side of Jupiter—the proximity of the sun causes both free-floating water and water entrained on bodies like asteroids to flash into vapor.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
When thunderstorms blossom, their updrafts can vertically entrain and stretch any nascent low-level swirl, helping to establish a more cohesive center of circulation.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2025
If a bunch of grandfather clocks are put in room together, for example, the biggest amplitude signal will entrain the others.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
In the inner solar system—this side of Jupiter—the proximity of the sun causes both free-floating water and water entrained on bodies like asteroids to flash into vapor.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
When thunderstorms blossom, their updrafts can vertically entrain and stretch any nascent low-level swirl, helping to establish a more cohesive center of circulation.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrain
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David Ellison isn’t afraid to get in the ring.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki mission orbiting Venus was declared dead last week after engineers spent more than a year trying to get in touch with the silent spacecraft.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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June 6, 2023 Lee is far from alone: Last year, 11,389 wheelchairs, power wheelchairs and scooters were mishandled during enplaning, according to the latest figures from the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2023
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All told, 626,110 passengers were either enplaned or deplaned at CVG last month, up from 576,859 passengers in February 2019.—
Randy Tucker,
Cincinnati.com,
19 Mar. 2020
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“Entrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrain. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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