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encompassed



ADJECTIVE
enclosed
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
surrounded
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


Example Sentences

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“On the case side of things, I wanted something that encompassed the totality of the show,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Those struggles encompassed the time since Kroger’s $25 billion deal to buy rival Albertsons was terminated in December 2024, more than two years after it was announced.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

The judge also found that executive orders issued by Trump had relied on a definition of antisemitism that encompassed First Amendment-protected speech — the same definition recommended by the Massachusetts Commission.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

Officials said that the investigation of the blast, which encompassed an entire building, was in its early stages and that they didn’t know what caused it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

"I wonder who you'll marry now, Esther. Now you've been," and Buddy's gesture encompassed the hill, the pines and the severe, snow-gabled buildings breaking up the rolling landscape, "here."

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath




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