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entail

[en-teyl, en-teyl, en-teyl] / ɛnˈteɪl, ɛnˈteɪl, ˈɛn teɪl /


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They are also quieter than portable units, but they do entail larger upfront costs and need to be installed by a professional tradesperson.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Reforming the historic structure of multimember agencies will entail trade-offs but is worth considering as this new landscape takes shape.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2026

People close to the company and the administration said both parties are interested in resolving the issue and restoring access to the cutting-edge models, but it isn’t clear what a solution would entail.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

When the trade unwinds, it will entail the opposite of what’s been happening — the selling of individual-stock volatility and the buying of index volatility, and a likely sharp rise in correlations.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

"Run us through it, Venkat. What would it entail?"

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

That investigation also entails examining the work of several individual firms involved in construction, including MetroLoft, Gace and Domani, according to a person familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

They had grandparents for the kids to stay with, so they did not go—as tens of thousands do each year—into state custody, with the many attendant traumas that entails.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

The economists said that in their base case, a strong event entails losses of between $3 trillion and $5 trillion across five years, or about 2.7% to 3.2% of global gross domestic product.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

But Juda said the government remained firmly committed to its target of 8.0 percent GDP growth by 2029, even though this entails high public spending at a time of dwindling resources.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

“You understand what my occupation entails, don’t you?”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

In the model, the “availability” phase entailed contact and small-scale movements across the frontier, with trading relationships and marriage alliances, for example, forming gradually.

From Science Daily May 30, 2026

Both these jobs entailed prolonged, ego-deflating battles; both ended in professional debacle.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

From the outset, the company was a little vague about what the service actually entailed.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

"But I would tell them this, they haven't a clue what this investigation has entailed," he told the Tucson Sentinel newspaper this week.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2026

Other critical details have been censored in the memos, making it unclear who was offering her the job and exactly what it entailed.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

In recent years, a couple of local districts have rolled out pilot programs entailing the release of sterile male mosquitoes to drive the population down, a relatively new approach to tackling these mosquitoes.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2025

He noted that the Machinists’ work, physically tiring and often entailing exposure to toxic chemicals, takes a toll.

From Seattle Times Nov. 6, 2023

So, the fuel needs a larger percentage of this isotope, entailing higher uranium-235 enrichment than the 4 percent enriched LEU typically used in nuclear power plants.

From Scientific American Oct. 20, 2023

Sardinia has restaurants all over the island referred to as "agriturismo," which is where local farms offer up a dining experience typically entailing a set menu consisting of only ingredients from the property.

From Salon Oct. 1, 2023

There are videos about the importance and difference of treble and bass clefs; there is a list of music terms and what they mean, and the site even contains videos entailing the transposition of music.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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