- present tense form of entail (3rd person singular).
entails
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They described an onerous search process that entails combing through emails and phones of 13 city officials, including the mayor; as well as the records of more than a dozen rent board members and staffers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Another ruse is called ghost booking, which entails an employee booking conference rooms or workstations online to suggest they are in the office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 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
"Parents and children now face an increased wait for these results, with all the anxiety this entails, through no fault of their own," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
It entails looking at neurochemicals triggered when people play video games or use the Internet.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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