entailed

verb

Definition of entailednext
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 Synonyms for entailed
  1. included
  2. involved
  3. contained
  4. encompassed
  5. carried
Verb
  • Founder Margiela retired in 2009, and the label was run by an anonymous team (one that for a time included Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy) until Galliano’s appointment.
    Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The plot is alleged to have included plans to kill Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, according to police statements.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of included
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  • Especially when nutty Parmigiano-Reggiano, creamy burrata, salty prosciutto di parma, and briny green olives are involved.
    Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Ian Gilligan, an archaeologist at the University of Sydney who has studied eyed needles but wasn’t involved in the research, tells CNN that humans would have found making needles from the bones of larger animals more difficult.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of involved
Verb
  • Several details appear to link the profile to Mangione, and a 2016 post contained a link to a page on Github, a coding website, with Mangione's full name on it.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Franklin fire had extended to nearly 4,000 acres and was just 7% contained Wednesday morning, according to Cal Fire.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of contained
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  • Designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US and encompassed under the Taliban umbrella, the network maintains its own distinct lines of operation, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The dot-com bubble encompassed hundreds of startups and the stocks of many larger companies.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of encompassed
Verb
  • For example, of the 2,430 Major League Baseball games played during the 2024 regular season, only 150 were carried nationally on traditional broadcast or streaming channels.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This marks the show’s return to FOX, which carried the show from its 1990 inaugural broadcast through 2006.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of carried
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