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Pressed on what the expanding force posture would entail, Marles told journalists cooperation was also taking place in "logistics, cooperation, in respect of our air forces, cyber, and space".
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Omishakin said it is too soon to say how much California will invest in the effort, or how many chargers it will ultimately entail, although the number is probably in the hundreds if not higher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
To that end, Meta is doling out more money to local communities near its data centers, though Zuckerberg’s essay didn’t specify what that would entail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
They are also quieter than portable units, but they do entail larger upfront costs and need to be installed by a professional tradesperson.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“You allude, perhaps, to the entail of this estate.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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“Restricting exports is indeed a lever China can pull anytime, but it still entails economic costs,” said Tom Reed, head of oil market analysis at Argus Media, a price reporting agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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
The economists said that in their base case, a strong event entails losses of between $3 trillion and $5 trillion across five years, or about 2.7% to 3.2% of global gross domestic product.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
On the screen of her iPad, she plays a relatively primitive video game that entails identifying targets that at first appear in the middle of the screen but get farther out on the periphery.
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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It entailed careful removal of the stone flooring to reveal the mechanicals beneath.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
On Friday, the court's judges said the 2024 drone operation "entailed the use of South Korea's military capabilities for private purposes".
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
The Baltic country spends 5% of its GDP on national defence, Silina noted, which she said entailed a "much higher level of responsibility toward society... that requires clear results".
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
From the outset, the company was a little vague about what the service actually entailed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
But this, too, entailed military weakness, and since the privations it inflicted were obviously unnecessary, it made opposition inevitable.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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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
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
Like other shareholders, Italy will see the value of its stake wiped out, entailing a 5.4 billion euro loss.
From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2022
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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