entrain

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Recent Examples of entrain Warmer air, for example, boosts evaporation, which leads to more moisture entrained in the atmosphere, intensifying rainfalls, while warmer oceans provide an energy source for more violent hurricanes. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025 To keep dirt particles kicked up by the beater brush entrained in the airstream, the air needed to move fast. 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 See All Example Sentences for entrain
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Verb
  • And the Giants haven’t done much lately other than get in their own way.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • Maybe her getting in battles with Tagah with this big belly was not a great idea.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • 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 31 Jul. 2026.

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