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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

And that leaves open the possibility that if he did understand what they entailed, he would understand that precedent doesn’t actually allow them.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

What was your understanding of what being on reality TV entailed?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

However, this option, quite aside from the misgivings his lordship was bound to have as regards gossip travelling, entailed my having to rely on unknown quantities just when a mistake could prove most costly.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro