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to have as part of a whole
a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense
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Recent Examples of entailing
Following his first meeting at the helm Wednesday, Warsh outlined the plan — a sprawling, ambitious endeavor entailing five task forces that will utilize resources and experts within the Fed and from the outside.
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Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
21 June 2026
And in a separate joint paper, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Lithuania called on the EU to explore a new measure to limit over-reliance on a single country, possibly entailing new tariffs or quotas.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
If wanting to ascribe feelings to the nonhuman world is an anthropocentric crime, the opposite—failure to ascribe feelings to animals, or to respond creatively to plants—seems much worse, entailing an inert, clockwork universe of mechanistic automata, in which humans are the only conscious actors.
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Jenny Odell,
Longreads,
2 June 2026
FedEx will offer modified services, mostly entailing early pickups, and most offices will be open.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
21 June 2026
And in a separate joint paper, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Lithuania called on the EU to explore a new measure to limit over-reliance on a single country, possibly entailing new tariffs or quotas.
—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
If wanting to ascribe feelings to the nonhuman world is an anthropocentric crime, the opposite—failure to ascribe feelings to animals, or to respond creatively to plants—seems much worse, entailing an inert, clockwork universe of mechanistic automata, in which humans are the only conscious actors.
—
Jenny Odell,
Longreads,
2 June 2026
FedEx will offer modified services, mostly entailing early pickups, and most offices will be open.
—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entailing
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Since then, the franchise has undergone various changes, including adding players such as Jimmy Butler, James Harden and George in recent years in an attempt to build around Embiid, to no avail.
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The Beach Boys, including Love, are currently on tour through the end of 2026, including three shows at the Hollywood Bowl over the 4th of July weekend.
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Lalas also had an interesting post on X involving Argentina superstar Lionel Messi, which was invoked by many after seeing what happened to Balogun.
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The men, ranging in age from 20 to 54, were arrested in a joint operation involving the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, the Human Trafficking Task Force, the City of Miami Police Department, and Homeland Security.
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Financial regulation is struggling to keep pace with the rapid development of artificial intelligence, according to European policymakers, who are grappling with how to support adoption while containing risks to market integrity and stability.
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In 2022, a large cluster of cases in Florida was attributed to a Caesar salad kit containing bagged romaine lettuce.
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Maps published by the Israeli government show the pilot zones encompassing the villages of Froun, Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh and Ghandouriyeh, but commentators question their value, noting Israel does not have a significant presence in those villages.
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The affected zone stretches from Caracas to Puerto Cabello, roughly 130 miles west of the capital, encompassing some of Venezuela’s most densely populated urban corridors.
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Demonstrators express frustration Protesters marching through Johannesburg’s city center Tuesday included young men carrying traditional fighting sticks and women of all ages.
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Dark figures were darting through the shadows—Germans were carrying sacks and pillows to their building.
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“Entailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entailing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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