ENTAILED Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

entailed

verb

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past tense of entail

as in included

to have as part of a whole a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense

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Recent Examples of entailed That realization has, in recent weeks, set off a scramble on the part of the Iranian regime to find suitable storage, an effort that has entailed everything from reactivating old storage facilities to jury-rigging vacant tankers to serve the purpose. —

Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 Over the years, she's transformed into everything from a cadaver to Jessica Rabbit to a worm and, more recently, Medusa, which entailed her wearing a headpiece with moving snakes (animatronics, of course). —

Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026 Squeri moved Amex away from the long-standing industry playbook which entailed bringing customers in with low-cost cards, then graduating them to premium products. —

Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 May 2026 In a meeting with Greer, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič on Tuesday pushed for Washington to uphold its side of the deal, which entailed a 15 percent across-the-board tariff rate. —

Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 6 May 2026 Paradoxically, his quest for totality entailed a diminishment—of size, of scale, of material. —

Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026 Each path entailed distinct strategic, operational, and ethical implications for how a technology designed to serve the world’s most underserved populations would scale. —

Harvard Business Review, 14 Apr. 2026 The immediate aftermath involved two months of recovery, which entailed physical and occupational therapy that helped Lee find equilibrium and regain movement, the magazine reported. —

Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026 What was your understanding of what being on reality TV entailed? —

Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026

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By that measure, 27 percent — or 1 in 4 minutes — included at least one gambling reference.

— Luke Connors, Washington Post, 19 May 2026
Iran, which says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, was said to have included some nuclear concessions in its latest proposal to end the war.

— Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026