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entail

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


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But the longer bonds do entail more volatility.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

This initiative would entail mutual reinforcement of the idea of America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He did not elaborate on what U.S. support that would entail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has promised "the biggest council house building programme since the post-war period" - although he has not provided details on exactly what this will entail.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

In Virginia, however, laws abolishing primogeniture and entail had been passed during the Revolution.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The main difference, in his opinion, was that Swiss wrestling entails maintaining a constant grip on one's opponent, whereas there is more distance between wrestlers in Senegal.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

That entails simultaneously buying a put option with a higher strike price and selling a put with a lower strike that’s “out of the money” – both with the same expiry.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Jones, who is also in the middle of a comedy tour, shared what her Sunday Funday in L.A. entails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank says there is "relatively little detail" about what Reform's plan entails.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s armed forces had received appropriate orders, although he did not specify what those instructions entailed.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

The trips entailed hotel stays because he couldn’t manage the round-trip drive in a day.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Nobody scored more than 23 goals in the four seasons between 2018-19 and 2021-22, but the past four Golden Boots have all entailed between 27 and 36 goals.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

That entailed frequent calls to a large language model.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Making these stamps must have entailed a great deal of work, and they surely weren’t manufactured just to print this single document.

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

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

Xiong Lee’s path to shamanism has been arduous, entailing rigorous training with a shaman mentor to learn how to communicate with the spirit world.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 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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