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Forecasts from the Fed would benefit from scenarios that encompass the possibility that interest rates are signaling something more structural and lasting than a series of temporary shocks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The failures encompass everything from regulation and employment practices to the way the NHS and government struggle to learn the lessons of the past.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Evacuation warnings were issued in the area as the Palos fire grew to encompass 20 acres by about 4:15 p.m., according to Fire Department spokesperson Keith Navarre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Extending the concept of “team” to encompass “community” saved Goruck after the company was started in 2008.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
At least, this is what the last day of school is supposed to encompass.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
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The district encompasses northern and inland areas of San Diego County, including San Marcos and Escondido.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
K+N said the partnership includes Amazon Web Services, which encompasses equipment deployment, maintenance and upgrades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Across the French Mediterranean coast, including Corsica, that zone encompasses about 1,700 kilometers of coastline, 187 towns, and at least 164,000 residents.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Today, Betancourt's business network encompasses some 50 companies distributed across 16 countries, according to investigations by Transparency Venezuela.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
New Guinea, though it accounts for only a small fraction of the world’s land area, encompasses a disproportionate fraction of its human diversity.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The image also encompassed several French overseas territories, such as Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon, Guadeloupe and Martinique.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Throughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to artistic creation, Kusama pursued an internationally acclaimed career as a pioneering avant-garde artist whose creative practice encompassed visual art, performance, fiction, and poetry," it said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Federal charging documents said the Hoovers formed in the late 1970s with territory that largely encompassed the Figueroa corridor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The area encompassed by the geofence can be larger than several football fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
The old primordial gods like Gaea and Tartarus...How could you leave home and ever be independent of your parents, when they literally encompassed the entire world?
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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BYD, the world’s leading manufacturer of new-energy vehicles—a term encompassing EVs and plug-in hybrids—sold 463,561 units in September, its strongest month so far in 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The protected area is enormous, encompassing everything we could see through our binoculars from there.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Isak played 22 games encompassing 1,033 minutes, scoring four goals at a rate of one every 258 minutes.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Sets of instruments were stationed along every wall of the room, fully encompassing us in sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
All the gods became aspects of an all- encompassing god, Brahma.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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