envelopments

Definition of envelopmentsnext
plural of envelopment

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Noun
  • With Mercury meeting both Saturn and Mars in your eighth house of transformation, financial matters, debts or emotional entanglements could demand more of your attention.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Quite the opposite, Beijing regards American entanglements in the Middle East over the past decades—including the now metastasizing crisis in Iran—as a cautionary tale.
    Ali Wyne, Time, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Service members could face ambushes en route, and specialized units would need to extract the uranium.
    Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Once an octopus ambushes and bites its prey, the venom in its saliva paralyzes the prey, allowing the octopus to consume it.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Envelopments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envelopments. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.

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