encompassing

Example Sentences

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The property is surrounded by lush landscaping and features sophisticated stone flooring encompassing the pool.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

While these cases consume a lot of resources and are not nearly as encompassing as preclearance was, they have been effective.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

The South Downs National Park stretches across Hampshire, West Sussex and East Sussex, encompassing chalk hills and villages across the areas.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Retail sales of new-energy vehicles, a category encompassing EVs and hybrid cars, fell 32% to 464,000 units in February from a year earlier, the data showed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Quite a few of those families occupy large contiguous areas—in the case of Indo-European, the area encompassing most of Europe east through much of western Asia to India.

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