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Mr. Davies’s formidable command of his subject is also the book’s weakness: His ambition to encompass so much science sometimes overwhelms the narrative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Stern says people will still be able to check multiple racial and ethnic identification boxes on forms to encompass all the ways they identify.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The case, which began as a coordinated, bipartisan effort involving attorneys general from 29 states, eventually expanded to encompass 47, as well as the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
It’s understood that Cosby and his wife, Camille, spend a majority of their time at their enormous Shelburne Falls, Mass., estate, which is made up of multiple properties that encompass more than 600 acres.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Here”—my mother waved her arms around to encompass the entire field—“or there?” she asked, pointing to the ground beneath Vilonia Kline.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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The authenticity of the production encompasses the music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
TD Cowen’s Craig Hutchison notes that the district now encompasses about 60,000 hectares, of which San Pietro makes up about 27%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The sprawling retreat encompasses hundreds of acres and features five main residences, along with dozens of private beaches, an outdoor theater, a gym and tennis courts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Archosaurs, in turn, are the lineage that encompasses two of the best-known groups of terrestrial vertebrates: crocodiles and dinosaurs, including birds.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 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
The full range of Jayhawks sounds are encompassed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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
The pageant and everything it encompassed was hers alone.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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The protected area is enormous, encompassing everything we could see through our binoculars from there.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
The weather service has issued coastal flood and high surf advisories encompassing Santa Catalina and Santa Barbara islands, Malibu, Los Angeles and Ventura County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 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
It estimates that its surplus on the “current account”—a trade measure encompassing goods, services and investment income—is headed to 1% of global GDP, a share no country has achieved in postwar history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The estate was a huge piece of land, acres, encompassing a horse bam, a large vegetable garden, and a pool, tended by a young white caretaker named Harry.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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