encompasses

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Sales of new-energy vehicle sales—a term that encompasses battery EVs and plug-in hybrids—climbed 9% to 369,059 units.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

It encompasses dozens of villages and is reminiscent of Israel's occupation of a 20-kilometre-deep strip of land along the border until 2000.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The majority were in the Attica region that encompasses Athens, with most calls for fallen trees.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Council District 9 encompasses the western section of downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

New Guinea, though it accounts for only a small fraction of the world’s land area, encompasses a disproportionate fraction of its human diversity.

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