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included

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past tense of include

as in contained

to have as part of a whole the college application included some thought-provoking essay questions

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as in housed

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers that inextinguishable spark of liberty that is included within every human being

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Recent Examples of included Their summer window, which included signing the former Manchester United pair Millie Turner and Lisa Fjeldstad Naalsund, was eye-catching. — Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 The group included residents as well as others who either grew up there or had family ties to the town. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026 Based on the 2021 short of the same name, whose festival run included New Directors/New Films, it’s produced by microFILM, 2Pilots Filmproduction, Frakas Prods. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026 That included Knight, one of 10 James Madison transfers to follow Chesney to Westwood. — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Other honorees included Lainie Kazan, Nancy Kwan and Anna Maria Alberghetti. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 Those contracts included clauses calling for international arbitration, which seemed to reduce or remove the risk of unilateral government action. — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Its deployment included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 250 days. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 No details on injuries or fatalities were included in the post, which asked community members for video footage, photographs or any information related to the shooting. — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2026

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Thomasin McKenzie plays a young woman, Alyce, steeped in her own trauma and loss, who attaches herself to the ploughman, and her ability to express wide-eyed, barely contained hysteria and fear is unmatched.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
One narrative contained in the Koran speaks of the people of Ad.

— Robert Stone, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of contained

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In 2023, Campbell’s closed its corporate headquarters in Ballantyne, which had once housed about 1,300 corporate employees.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026
An elevator ride to the fourth floor brings you to where most of the museum’s collection is housed.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of housed

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If travel or education is involved, research the first cost and deadline.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
He is financially involved in nearly every aspect of the court and, despite being 60, even attempted to play in a professional tournament last year.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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The outdoor cinema is wrapped by a rough-hewn Brutalist perimeter—half-lined with concrete cubes, the other half enclosed with planks salvaged from the boardwalk destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
The brand’s first offering is Travel Discovery Set ($135), featuring five scents enclosed in a sleek silver cigarette case, which feels substantial and heavy in the hand, like something your grandmother might have owned.

— Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of enclosed

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The warning encompassed the Getty Center as well as Mount Saint Mary’s University.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
The publication grew under her leadership, and encompassed a more diverse range of voices, featuring the likes of Maya Angelou, Angela Davis, and Alice Walker.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of encompassed

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At each of the crash sites, the search for the cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders – encased in orange metal, though often called black boxes – from the hijacked planes was underway.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Set on the edge of the Village of Lindos, the heavenly parcel and its glass-like waters are nearly encased by rocks with stretches of smooth sand on either side.

— Jennifer Tzeses, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of encased

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The term, once confined to technical science papers, has gripped Silicon Valley, steered trillions of dollars in investment and fanned fears of human displacement, or worse.

— George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
The two factors, as well as him being confined within the Disney walls for the past two years, led to Schrier’s decision to take on a new chapter as a producer.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

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