encompass
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It’s a challenge because this book is trying to encompass a universe, and so the writer has to make choices.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
A program meant for a small number of incapacitated patients could easily start to encompass many more people whose primary problem is poverty.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026
Here, they held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which authorizes the president to “regulate” the “importation” of goods, doesn’t encompass the power to impose tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
The decision also doesn’t encompass all of the administration’s tariffs and trade deals, merely the 25% levies against Canada and Mexico, as well as a 20% tariff against China, and a 10% global levy.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
Perrington’s eyes fell upon the black ring on his left hand and darkened, as if his pupils had expanded to encompass all of each eye.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
Vocabulary lists containing encompass
Born a Crime
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