as in to involve
to have as part of a whole
a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense
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Recent Examples of entail
Many struggle with long-term IP management, which entails tracking patent renewals and responding to legal office actions.
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Hamas wants to start negotiations on the ceasefire's more difficult second phase, which would entail the release of the remaining hostages, the withdrawal of Israeli forces and a lasting peace.
—arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
The problem is that all these approaches entail significant resources and, more important, require access to land, often in densely populated areas.
—Stephen Peter Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
In American foreign policy, smart power entails proactively preventing threats and challenges to U.S. interests and security.
—Matthew Clary, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Hamas wants to start negotiations on the ceasefire's more difficult second phase, which would entail the release of the remaining hostages, the withdrawal of Israeli forces and a lasting peace.
—arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
The problem is that all these approaches entail significant resources and, more important, require access to land, often in densely populated areas.
—Stephen Peter Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
In American foreign policy, smart power entails proactively preventing threats and challenges to U.S. interests and security.
—Matthew Clary, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entail
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The Trump administration is trying to deport two other people involved in protests against the war in Gaza at Columbia University.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
21 Mar. 2025
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While the Primary Wave deal closed just weeks after her death, sources said she was involved in nearly every aspect of the deal’s negotiations.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The concert — which featured Three Days Grace, Sevendust and local headliner Disturbed — included pyrotechnics located directly underneath the banners.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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This rise aligns with broader economic trends, including increasing tuition costs and the lingering effects of inflation on family budgets.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The five-mile-long mountain ridge that encompasses Mount Yoshino is said to be covered by about 30,000 cherry trees—the oldest of which is thought to have been planted more than 1,300 years ago.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Mar. 2025
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There are questions over whether KU’s program strengths have been swallowed by a new era of college basketball that encompasses NIL and the transfer portal.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
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Some of the fires are continuing, according to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry, which identified the New State fire in Pittsburg County to have burned 200 acres and 90 percent contained.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The report contains data from Feb. 23 through March 8 and 428 inspections.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Entail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entail. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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