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Example Sentences

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He didn’t specify what that transaction entails but said it should “go very quickly” because most points have been negotiated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Border Patrol agents are typically stationed at the border where their day-to-day work entails scooping up people who have crossed illegally.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Already, the two countries appear to have contradicting positions on what this ceasefire entails.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

This entails selling a put and buying a call that has a higher strike price but a similar expiration date.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Creating a sound carpet entails taking a story and adding sound effects, leitmotifs, instruments, vocal sounds, body percussion, and actors and/or a narrator, in order to bring literature to life.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin