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
The scheme entailed Judge DFW offering below-market bids to the victims, according to court records.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Jan. 2026
And at the end of every shift, regardless of what the day entailed, the two head home together.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
Darnold paid back the confidence, finding a wide-open Eric Saubert in the middle of the end zone to complete the incredible comeback – a run that entailed scoring 24 points in the fourth quarter and overtime.
—Frank Nunns Oconnell, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Ellifson did not specify what the threat entailed.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2025
The practice of cruelty was all too real, yet so was the idea that humanity entailed a genuine feeling for the helpless.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Plenty of social media users took to the comments to ask questions and learn more about what the last few months entailed.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Its manifesto centered on curtailment of the power of the railroads, federal loans to aid farmers in debt, and currency reform that entailed reintroducing Hamilton’s old silver dollar alongside the gold dollar to ease monetary conditions, which would give debtors a chance to clear their loans.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
After wrapping on Days in June, Rogers began a treatment plan that entailed daily radiation and chemo every day for six weeks.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entailed
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
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Efforts that included bait, noisemakers and even a trap that caught the wrong bear all failed.—
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Daniel also has and continues to be involved in podcasting at the newspaper.—
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Cut the Crap came out in November 1985, and got instantly repudiated by Joe Strummer and anyone else involved with it.—
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Three City Hall employees reported that their wallets, which contained cash, credit cards, health savings account cards, and personal ID were stolen from their offices, per Boston Police reports.—
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The damage was largely contained to what firefighters call a wildland-urban interface fire, not a larger conflagration like the one developing in the Palisades.—
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In 1987, Pelosi won a special election for California's then-5th Congressional District which encompassed most of the city of San Francisco.—
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and María Luisa Manrique de Lara y Gonzaga (a rather pompous name that encompassed two major hereditary estates, a principality, a county, a marquisate, and, for a time, a viceroyalty) met in 1680 in Mexico City.—
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Middleton first carried the Small Hudson bag from DeMellier in a rich mocha brown while attending Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Estate.—
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Bison have carried their stories, teachings, and responsibilities for centuries.—
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“Entailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entailed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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