as in involves
to have as part of a whole
a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense
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Recent Examples of entails
There is a version of the surgery that is less invasive, and basically entails a small incision in the elbow, and there’s a version that is more invasive.
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Competitive concentration entails the other genuine trade-off.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026
The combined concept entails more than 5,000 square feet, according to paperwork with the city of Boise.
—Michael Deeds
updated May 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2026
In practice, ensuring success with vaulted tokenization entails treating it as an architectural decision, not a security project.
—Ed Leavens, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
In many varieties of pessimism, such as Camus’s, the obligation to compassion also entails something like solidarity.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Science communication is a subfield of communication studies that entails the communication of scientists’ research findings mostly via intermediaries to policy decision makers, societal groups, and the public as well as the feedback that those groups can provide to the scientific community.
—Prodromos Yannas, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026
The process entails making an incision, pumping a joint full of fluid, using the camera on the end of an arthroscope to identify the loose bodies and then using a tool to either grab or suck them out.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 May 2026
The 90/180 rule doesn’t require the maximum 90 days in the Schengen Area to be consecutive but entails careful math to be sure travelers don’t stay longer than 90 days in any rolling 180-day period.
—Carole Rosenblat, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Competitive concentration entails the other genuine trade-off.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026
The combined concept entails more than 5,000 square feet, according to paperwork with the city of Boise.
—Michael Deeds
updated May 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2026
In practice, ensuring success with vaulted tokenization entails treating it as an architectural decision, not a security project.
—Ed Leavens, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
In many varieties of pessimism, such as Camus’s, the obligation to compassion also entails something like solidarity.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Science communication is a subfield of communication studies that entails the communication of scientists’ research findings mostly via intermediaries to policy decision makers, societal groups, and the public as well as the feedback that those groups can provide to the scientific community.
—Prodromos Yannas, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026
The process entails making an incision, pumping a joint full of fluid, using the camera on the end of an arthroscope to identify the loose bodies and then using a tool to either grab or suck them out.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 May 2026
The 90/180 rule doesn’t require the maximum 90 days in the Schengen Area to be consecutive but entails careful math to be sure travelers don’t stay longer than 90 days in any rolling 180-day period.
—Carole Rosenblat, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entails
Verb
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One route involves interpolation, recontextualization, and refocusing; the other approaches transposition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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The play involves a large amount of audience participation, with attendees asked to step in as characters in the play and shout out brilliant things written on slips of paper.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Last year, the chancellor of the Peralta Community College District, a network of four schools that includes Merritt, proposed a merger with nearby Laney College to create something called Oakland City College.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Along with the jewelry drops, the Kinn Studio x Prince Tennis collaboration also includes apparel and accessories.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
Verb
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This novel of exile and memory chronicles the life of Sufien, a Palestinian man displaced as a child by the Nakba, whose story unfolds across continents and encompasses entanglements with a broad range of characters.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Protect Your Mental Real Estate For Better Leadership Resilience encompasses many things.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Verb
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The grain contains avenanthramides, which are antioxidants found exclusively in oats, says Coogan.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
17 May 2026
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Wallace Chan’s Secular Interpretation of Religious Rituals Oil and water play central roles in the installation, which, like many of Chan’s creations, contains layered meanings.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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