includes

present tense third-person singular of include

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of includes That total includes threats to the hundreds of federal judges around the country, though the nine-member Supreme Court has not been immune. ABC News, 14 July 2026 The senior-citizen ballers, whose core lineup still incredibly includes Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards, may even take things on the road. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026 The project also includes installing a fire suppression system throughout the entire school. Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 July 2026 That includes 18-year-old Mor Talla Ndiaye, who joined in January for £1million from Senegalese side Amitie FC. Andy Jones, New York Times, 14 July 2026 The sport also includes jumping and physical loading that benefits bone density and muscular strength. Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 14 July 2026 That includes leads Evan Peters, who is filming Season 13 of American Horror Story for FX and Murphy, and Rebecca Hall, who is in talks for the female lead opposite Morgan Spector in Netflix’s Dan Brown series adaptation The Secret Of Secrets. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 July 2026 Its collection includes more than 20,300 artworks and spans areas including African art, American art, European art, and modern and contemporary art. Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026 The Nasdaq 100 is a tech-heavy index and often includes companies with high growth prospects. John Towfighi, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for includes
Verb
  • Ify’s box contains a fake $100 bill, but Catherine decides to keep her box.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • Their saliva contains a sugar molecule found in mammalian products that, when introduced to us through their bite, can trigger an allergy to red meat and sometimes dairy.
    Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • Nearby, the historic Sporting Club houses an indoor pool, sauna, water circuit, and fitness center.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • The animals live on a massive estate that also houses Neill’s winery, Two Paddocks, which was founded in 1993 and based in Central Otago, New Zealand.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • Graham died Saturday at the age of 71, and a medical examiner's preliminary findings suggested the cause was aortic dissection, which involves a tear in the main artery from the heart.
    Major Garrett, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • For reference, multiplying a pair of thousand-digit numbers involves a million single-digit multiplications using the grade-school method but fewer than 57,000 using Karatsuba’s algorithm.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • Native palms and trees are drawn to the property’s edge, forming a living barrier that encloses without isolating.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Sitting unassumingly on a city plaza, the spruce structure encloses a windowless cylinder of silence.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Our coverage encompasses political news with statewide and national implications, alongside local news of major significance for surrounding communities.
    Scott Lebar, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
  • It was done by researchers in Washington state, who examined the use of MMRV between 2015 and 2025 in King County, which encompasses Seattle.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • The plastic that encases laundry pods dissolves and rinses out with the excess water.
    Katelyn Chef, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • The faux hair encases her locs, allowing the blonde to be the focal point of the look.
    Larry Stansbury, InStyle, 25 May 2026
Verb
  • Suppliers feed oil into the system through a reverse Dutch auction, which entails offering barrels at a discount to the day’s market price.
    Mia Gindis, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • Just as a rising price entails a falling price, so do falling prices entail rising prices.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Mission Plaza surrounds Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, one of California’s Spanish missions.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Whether Spatial surrounds its reggae-toasting host with piles of drums, disorienting electronic beats, or locomotive rock music, Scratch abides as crooner, barker, mystic, meditation coach — whatever the moment requires.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026

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“Includes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/includes. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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