- present tense form of encompass (3rd person singular).
encompasses
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"Current pain medicine is fixated on ridding patients of their pain symptoms, but that's not the source of chronic pain. These data suggest that a chronic pain flare also encompasses one's identity."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Today, however, that encompasses solidly middle-class, even working-class, households, not the $500,000+ cadre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The film’s narrative sweep encompasses three protagonists in three separate periods: Carlos in 1932, Sebastián in 1937 and Alberto in 2017.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Situated just below Griffith Park, the sprawling estate encompasses 4,026 square feet of living space and sits on more than an acre.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 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
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