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encompass

[en-kuhm-puhs] / ɛnˈkʌm pəs /




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A South Korean investment pledge of more than $50 billion would likely encompass much, if not all, of the total cost of the new pipeline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

But once you see them as a whole, once your eyes leave the individual and encompass the mass, a new quality comes into the picture.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

"Current pain medicine is fixated on ridding patients of their pain symptoms, but that's not the source of chronic pain. These data suggest that a chronic pain flare also encompasses one's identity."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Five years later, Meta encompasses virtual reality, A.I. agents, smart glasses, or whatever technological revolution Zuckerberg decides to throw billions of dollars at next.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Situated just below Griffith Park, the sprawling estate encompasses 4,026 square feet of living space and sits on more than an acre.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Identical sales—which encompasses in-store revenue, and excludes fuel sales—fell 0.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

"It encompasses all that is made, unmade, and yet to be made."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

In “Ausländer: One Family’s Story of Escape and Exile,” Mr. Moritz traces the generational arc of trauma and displacement that has also encompassed his own life experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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

Among each other, they shared oral histories or firsthand accounts of the demolished neighborhoods of Palo Verde, La Loma and Bishop that once encompassed the nearby canyon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Sales for the latest quarter, which encompassed the key holiday-shopping period, were $30.45 billion, down 1.5%, with same-store sales down 2.5%.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026

Homer’s duties encompassed driving the team, sundry maintenance, and what Ridgeway termed “bookkeeping.”

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Continental said the field it plans to explore sits north of Venezuela’s Orinoco River in the state of Anzoátegui, encompassing 126,000 acres with an estimated 30 billion barrels of oil resources buried underground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

Africa is the only continent to extend from the northern to the southern temperate zone, while also encompassing some of the world’s driest deserts, largest tropical rain forests, and highest equatorial mountains.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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